Lucas123 writes “IDC just released its predictions for 2008 with regards to details storage trends. Its research shows, among other things, a greater adoption of online backup and archiving services, the ‘prevalent’ use of full-disk encryption in the info center, and mainstream adoption of solid-state disk drives due to falling prices. From the story: ‘There are very simple situations and application scenarios where solid-state disks will be worth the risk. It

does promise some great potential benefit in terms of I/O … [and] solid state will form a significant impact on reducing heat from spindle usage in server blade deployments and to boost functionality in mobile devices.’ According to IDC, storage capacity is exploding at a rate of nearly 60% per year.”

Read more of that story at Slashdot.

Orginal post by Zonk