This document provides an overview of a book about deploying flash storage arrays. It discusses how data storage performance is crucial for modern applications and business needs like ecommerce, analytics, financial services, and cloud/mobile services. Faster storage systems using solid state drives can help speed up applications and drive business value by enabling faster decisions, better customer service, and smaller data centers. The book will cover different types of flash storage technologies, factors for choosing flash arrays, and deployment designs for IBM FlashSystem arrays.