The purpose of this blog is to highlight key distinctions between SSDs and HDDs for IBM i servers. Also, to suggest that some IBM Enterprise POWER users may wish to consider an Express POWER server with SSDs. Disclaimer: iSeries and AS400 are servers. IBM i is an operating system. I use them interchangeably to make it easy for folks to find this information on the web. SSDs are faster than HDDs – just more expensive. Even so, over the years SSDs have become less expensive and more … [Read more...]