The first storage refresh in thirty years that prices higher than the original purchase.
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George Crump
Resident Analyst · VergeIO
DV
David Vincent
Technical Solutions Strategist · VergeIO
On-Demand Webinar Preview · Watch now
The Problem
The Rule Just Broke
For thirty years, every storage refresh cost less than the one before it. Density outran demand and the buyer collected the difference. This refresh prices higher than the array it replaces.
+90–95%
DRAM · Q1 2026
Contract prices, quarter over quarter
+70–75%
NAND Flash · Q1 2026
Same window, same direction
+13–18%
DRAM · Q3 Forecast
TrendForce, on top of Q1 and Q2
2028+
Earliest Relief
Your support contract expires first
Sources: TrendForce 1Q26 and 2Q26 contract pricing · 3Q26 memory price forecast, July 3, 2026
The refresh line is the one number in the budget nobody stress-tested.
Live Demonstration
Now Watch the Capacity Come Out of the Purchase
The way out is not a cheaper array. It is not buying the array. David takes the screen and shows where the storage lives instead.
DV
David Vincent
Technical Solutions Strategist · VergeIO
VergeOS, live, for the second half of the session
One interface for compute, storage, networking, and data protection. No array console, no fabric manager, no backup server.
Standard NVMe inside standard servers, pooled by VergeOS into one storage layer. No array anywhere in the environment.
Storage licensed by the server, not the terabyte. Fill the drive bays with all the capacity you can afford.
The Analyst Cut · TruthInIT Webinar · On Demand
Can You Afford Your Next Storage Refresh?
The first storage refresh in thirty years that prices higher than the original purchase.
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