On the Verge

Flash Costs 12× More per Terabyte. Put Each Disk Where It Belongs.

Street prices on today’s drives, the math on one SQL Server VM, and a live move of its data disk from flash to hard drives while the database keeps answering queries.

GC
George Crump
George Crump
Founder, Storage Switzerland
DV
Dave Vincent
Dave Vincent
Technical Solutions Strategist
On the Verge · VergeIO · Recorded Demo
TIER 1 · NVMe FLASH Live move VM stays online TIER 4 · HARD DRIVES Workload VM online
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01 · Inflation

Data Center Inflation Reaches the Drive Bay

STREET PRICE PER TERABYTE Solidigm D7-PS1010 · 15.36 TB NVMe $814 Kioxia KCMYXRUG15T3 · 15.36 TB NVMe $706 WD Ultrastar DC HC580 · 24 TB hard drive $56 Flash costs 12 to 14 times more per terabyte
ServerSupply street prices checked September 28, 2026. Prices move week to week.
70–95%
Flash and memory price climb
First half of 2026
12–14×
Flash premium per terabyte
15.36 TB NVMe vs. a 24 TB hard drive
8
Hard drives for one SSD
One SSD’s price buys 192 TB of raw hard drive capacity
AI
Keeps the pressure on
AI buildouts absorb new fab capacity as fast as it comes online
Plan your next refresh as if this pricing is permanent.
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02 · Control

Pick the Tier and Change Your Mind

How a tier move works (VergeOS) SQL Server VM Online · serving queries OS 80 GB Tier 1 Data 200 GB Tier 1 moving… Tier 4 Log 40 GB Tier 1 TempDB 40 GB Tier 1 Backup 150 GB Tier 4 Storage media cost $263 Saved $130 · 49% Tier 1 · NVMe Performance: OS, transaction log, tempdb Tier 4 · HDD High capacity, cost-effective OS80 GB Log40 GB TempDB40 GB Backup150 GB Data200 GB Data200 GB Preferred Tier changed: Tier 1 → Tier 4 · live, online background migration Move complete · no downtime Capacity after the move Flash 160 GB HDD 350 GB · 69% of the VM
  • Pick the tier. Change one setting on the drive and VergeOS moves the data in the background.
  • Change your mind. Move it back to flash the same way. The VM stays online, with no maintenance window.
  • 1.3 seconds. API acknowledgment in VergeIO lab testing. A 25 GB disk finished moving in 13 seconds.
  • $263 to $133. The VM’s storage media cost drops 49%.
Cost basis: raw media at $706/TB for a 15.36 TB NVMe SSD and $56/TB for a 24 TB HDD, street prices September 28, 2026. Excludes redundancy copies.
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Fight Data Center Inflation · Recorded Demo

Move a Live SQL Server Disk to Hard Drives.

  • Two screens. VergeOS on the left. On the right, a monitor querying a live SQL Server VM every second.
  • One change. The SQL data disk’s preferred tier moves from Tier 1 NVMe to Tier 5 hard drives.
  • Live migration. VergeOS moves the data in the background while the VM stays online.
  • No interruption. The monitor keeps returning rows at a steady rate the whole time.
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Buy Flash for the Working Set and Hard Drives for the Rest

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