stand-alone solid state storage (SSS)
Stand-alone SSS is solid state storage that is not integrated with spinning hard drive disks as in a hybrid flash array. Although a solid state drive (SSDs) that is installed internally in a server can technically be considered stand-alone SSS, most people associate the term with external solid state storage that serves as a cache appliance. In general, the function of stand-alone storage is to transfer data.
This was last updated in January 2012
