Can You Afford Your Next Storage Refresh?
The first storage refresh in thirty years that prices higher than the original purchase. Watch the analyst case and the live demo now.
Six Moves From Pricing Data to Live Demo
George Crump opens with the pricing data behind this refresh, then David Vincent runs the same argument live on VergeOS.
The Rule Just Broke
DRAM contract prices rose 90 to 95 percent in the first quarter of 2026, and NAND flash climbed 70 to 75 percent. TrendForce projects more increases through the third quarter, with relief arriving in 2028 or later.
Why Waiting Fails
Hardware support on the current array runs out before the market turns. Extended support pricing and failure risk both climb in that gap.
Tiering, Reclaimed
Auto-tiering guesses at what turns hot and cold. VergeOS moves a running workload between the flash and hard drive tiers in seconds, on your call.
Four Tiers, One OS
Compute, storage, networking, and data protection run from a single code base, on the servers already owned, licensed by the server rather than the terabyte.
The Refresh Math
A live, interactive model runs a real refresh at 2026 component pricing against the same workload on VergeOS, with deduplication and tiering built into the comparison.
The Live Demo
David Vincent moves a running workload from the flash tier to the hard drive tier while it serves live traffic, and the RAM cache carries the reads without a drop in performance.
Anyone Pricing a Refresh in 2026 or 2027
Infrastructure architects, IT managers, and systems engineers pricing a storage refresh for 2026 or 2027 will want this data before the next quote arrives. The same holds for any team running an array that reaches its hardware support date in the next two years.
Private Cloud Infrastructure, One Code Base
VergeOS delivers private cloud infrastructure that runs compute, storage, networking, and data protection from a single code base. It places the drives inside the servers already owned and applies global inline deduplication so the purchased footprint shrinks rather than grows. The separate array, its license, and its refresh cycle come out of the budget.
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Recorded September 3, 2026 · 60 minutes · Instant access after registration