There a good write-up at Sir Arthur’s Den about the acceptance of SSD across the hard drive production world. The author discusses changes in attitude from some in the industry and acceptance by most. Here is where the author mentions Western Digital:

WD talks about the consumer market, but there is no doubt that at least in this first part of 2009 solid state technology is massively proposed to companies above all, to data centers and to whom had the need to process huge amounts of data at absolutely crazy speeds.

That’s essentially why Simple Helix has adopted this technology. Our data centers do process “huge amounts of data at absolutely crazy speeds.” We’re glad others recognize the value of the speed as well.

The author included this quote in increase support:

“SSDs and solid-state technology are essential to our long-term product roadmaps, and we will maintain our investment levels to deliver leading technology as required by our current and future customers“, the new Seagate COO Robert Whitmore stated during a conference.