This 451 Pathfinder report examines balancing SSD, HDD, and hybrid storage in modern hybrid cloud deployments. It outlines challenges such as rapid data growth, limited budgets, compliance needs, and evolving application requirements. The report emphasizes a hybrid approach that keeps sensitive or performance-critical data on-prem while leveraging cloud elasticity for scale. Key charts (pages 3–4) show modernization drivers like security, data locality, and performance. It advocates flexible storage architectures that blend cost efficiency, durability, and operational simplicity.

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