Hello Jared,
I wasn't really trying to demonstrate the ultimate throughput potential of an SSD array so much as to belay the cost argument. Sure you can exceed 900 MB/sec with a larger array of drives, in fact, it is always possible to drive the limit of the bus assuming a sufficient number of parallel storage devices. What I was hoping would be the take away was that for a mere $2500 you could configure a storage solution that would blow the doors off of solutions that people customarily pay over ten times more for.
Michael
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I wasn't really trying to demonstrate the ultimate throughput potential of an SSD array so much as to belay the cost argument. Sure you can exceed 900 MB/sec with a larger array of drives, in fact, it is always possible to drive the limit of the bus assuming a sufficient number of parallel storage devices. What I was hoping would be the take away was that for a mere $2500 you could configure a storage solution that would blow the doors off of solutions that people customarily pay over ten times more for.
Michael
Michael Barry
Aspacia Systems Inc
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312.803.0730 fax
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On Dec 29, 2009, at 6:18 PM, Jared Allmond wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> Not to start a round of one-upsmanship, but while 900 MB/sec is impressive, how about 3.4 GB/s! http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-6gb-raid,2388.html?xtmc=2_2_gb_s&xtcr=2
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> That Photofast link is very similar to my setup. I have 8 Intel x25-e SSDs in a RAID 10 array. I will have to do more research on those Photofast drives. They mention writes at up to 270 MB/s which is faster than anything I have read about save a FusionIO. And they appear to be MLC based, interesting. I'm guessing the 128 MB of onboard cache may have something to do with the write speed.
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> Len,
> Very amusing video. I don't think I'm brave enough to open everything on my start menu like the video did using my own PC. It would probably ruin it for half a day. I'd be happy to make a Youtube video of my own... now if only FusionIO would send me some samples...
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