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New SSD -four times more speed than the fastest SATA SSD

  • 05-01-2010 5:16pm
    #1
    digme
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    Fusion-IO managed to take the concept of Solid State Drive to a whole new level through the launch of their new ioDrive able to reach the highest levels of performance ever delivered by a SSD. The new Fusion-IO product does not resemble a standard SSD, either in form or in delivered speed, which is stated to reach 800MB/s for read operations (about four times more speed than the fastest SATA SSD on the market) and about 680MB/s for write. The drive is also able to handle 100,000 random IOPS


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  • #2
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,998 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Considering one SSD drive is well ahead of what people can actually use, and the cost is most likely going to be more then a decent pci-ex raid controller and four drives, what's the point?


  • #3
    digme
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,584 ✭✭✭digme


    Your post makes zero sense.


  • #4
    Farcear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 618 ✭✭✭Farcear


    Cuddlesworth wrote: »
    Considering one SSD drive is well ahead of what people can actually use [...]

    People can make full use of SSDs. On most good computers the HDD is the limiting factor, so an increase in speed there will result in dramatic improvements on certain applications -- I've heard of some ridiculously quick load time for Modern Warfare 2 maps. :)


  • #5
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,998 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    digme wrote: »
    Your post makes zero sense.

    You don't need 800mbs read speed, 600mbs write speed and 100,000 random IOPS on a normal desktop. A good 200/150mbs SSD is far more suitable as a OS drive. And still miles ahead of platter hard-drives currently in use.

    And if the cost is greater then buying four SSD drives and a pci-express raid controller(which if I were to hazard a guess, this is all it really is) then the only people who will buy them are idiots who have too much money. Like the phys-x card and that stupid gaming NIC.


  • #6
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,998 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Farcear wrote: »
    People can make full use of SSDs. On most good computers the HDD is the limiting factor, so an increase in speed there will result in dramatic improvements on certain applications -- I've heard of some ridiculously quick load time for Modern Warfare 2 maps. :)

    So you can load the map in one second rather than my three and sit there and wait the next ten for somebody to connect to. Gaming is not a good reason for something like that.


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  • #7
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    The PCI SSDs that Fusion-IO produce are not for ordinary consumers. They're for specialist markets such as rendering and scientific computing where I/O performance is a real issue.


  • #8
    slowlydownwards
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 326 ✭✭slowlydownwards


    Cuddlesworth wrote: »
    Gaming is not a good reason for
    Objection!!! Gaming is the only reason* we are not sitting crouched over unix terminals right now!!!:p:p

    *personal opinion


  • #9
    leninbenjamin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭leninbenjamin


    Cuddlesworth wrote: »
    what's the point?

    here's your answer...
    leeroybrown wrote: »
    The PCI SSDs that Fusion-IO produce are not for ordinary consumers. They're for specialist markets such as rendering and scientific computing where I/O performance is a real issue.

    Large matrices + Small RAM = Sad Computer.

    I've had quite a number of apps throttled by poor I/O before, I can see a real need for this in certain disciplines.


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