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Fusion-io's 10 TB Flash Drive Boasts 6.7 GB/s Bandwidth

by - source: Fusion-io

Fusion-io has doubled the storage capacity in its ioMemory product line with its 10 TB ioDrive Octal.

The drive combines eight 1.28 TB MLC Flash memory modules and is offered in a PCI Express x16 Gen 2.0 Double Wide form factor, which means that the drive consumes two standard PCIe slots. Up to two drives can be integrated in a standard 1U server for a total flash capacity of 20.48 TB.

According to the manufacturer, the 10 TB ioDrive Octal delivers 1.3 million IOPS over a 6.7 GB/s bandwidth. Supported operating systems include 64-Bit Microsoft XP/Vista/Win7/Server 2003/Server 2008, RHEL 4/5/6, SLES 10/11, OEL v5, VMware ESX 4.0/4.1/ESXi 4.1, and Solaris 10 U8/U9 (x64).

"We believe that with the 10 TB ioDrive Octal, even highly data-intensive organizations can house increased amounts of data directly within the server to simultaneously accelerate their business and the efficiency of their data center,” said David Flynn, Fusion-io Chairman and CEO in a prepared statement.

Fusion-io said that the ioDrive Octal will become available in the first quarter of 2012. There was no information on the price of the drive.

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Anonymous 11/15/2011 11:07 PM
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that's a long card.

christop 11/15/2011 11:09 PM
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I bet it will be 15 grand or more.

PrvtChurch 11/15/2011 11:10 PM
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That is a LOT of storage. makes my 4.5TB seem puny.

joytech22 11/15/2011 11:15 PM
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Dear GOD.. That's more memory than in my entire system! (4.2TB)
Faster too..

OMG DEAR SANTA..

twztechman 11/15/2011 11:15 PM
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I want one for my gaming rig!

mindless728 11/15/2011 11:24 PM
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"There was no information on the price of the drive."

meaning if you have to ask, you can't afford it

JasonAkkerman 11/15/2011 11:50 PM
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WANT!

Nikorr 11/16/2011 12:15 PM
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Now, that's what is called a speed demon : )

climber 11/16/2011 12:18 PM
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Considering the original Octal drive costs $100K, the next gen one will be 1.5x - 2x more expensive.

dreamer77dd 11/16/2011 12:34 PM
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I wonder when bootable pci 3.0 storage cards will becoming out. like to see some benchmarks on those.

Anonymous 11/16/2011 12:55 PM
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"I bet it will be 15 grand or more."

5.1TB Octals are $98,000.... so yeah 10TB cards will be more than 15K .. LOL

gokanis 11/16/2011 1:33 AM
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*Stacks up hard drives* Gulp! Its about half of what I have but it's a heck of alot sexier and faster than a bunch of Samsung F4 drives. Sigh!

Noworldorder 11/16/2011 1:33 AM
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I can only integrate 2 drives?
Forget it; I need 3....with caching.

CaedenV 11/16/2011 2:21 AM
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All of the sudden I found a new use for my other PCIe2 16 slot :)

darkavenger123 11/16/2011 2:29 AM
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Seriously, 100K?? I'll rather save up for a Ferrari(can i buy a used one for 100K?) than some microchips!

palladin9479 11/16/2011 2:42 AM
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__-_-_-__ wrote :

Why? it wouldn't have any improvement whatsoever.
PCI Express 2.0 x16 = 8 GB/s
this card = 6.7 GB/s
And all fusion io SSD's are all unbootable. OCZ, supertalent and photofast pci-e are all bootable.




Depends what your doing. Run ESXi and put all your VM's boot VHD's onto the IO-drive, *poof* instant boot-ability. If your spending that kind of cash then your not building a gaming rig, your building something for data processing.

echdskech 11/16/2011 3:10 AM
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Quote :There was no information on the price of the drive.


one million dollars

/drEvilVoice

eddieroolz 11/16/2011 3:36 AM
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I'm sure thousands of enthusiasts drooled at this post.

soundping 11/16/2011 3:55 AM
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Doesn't these cards get hot?

mcd023 11/16/2011 5:22 AM
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eddieroolz :
I'm sure thousands of enthusiasts drooled at this post.


I did.

razor512 11/16/2011 5:25 AM
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Why make it so long, it wont fit most cases, wouldn't it be better to just make it wider like with videocards? or offer the card in a long configuration as well as a wide one.

igot1forya 11/16/2011 5:55 AM
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razor512 :
Why make it so long, it wont fit most cases, wouldn't it be better to just make it wider like with videocards? or offer the card in a long configuration as well as a wide one.


It's not designed for a ATX case, it's designed for a full length rackable server. It's low-profile could allow it to fit into a 1U chassis.

alyoshka 11/16/2011 8:14 AM
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Long card with a long price.... but, I've seen what it does. the price is "somewhat" justifiable.... if I may say....

psp09 11/16/2011 11:23 AM
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climber :
Considering the original Octal drive costs $100K, the next gen one will be 1.5x - 2x more expensive.



Wow. Just nothing for someone that wants keep your data saved and access to them very fast.

halcyon 11/16/2011 11:58 AM
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I...must...have...it. I have 2 healthy kidneys and a healthy liver. ...and a 12-year-old.

lostmyclan 11/16/2011 2:09 PM
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i need one of that :D speed up my system

aidynphoenix 11/16/2011 2:58 PM
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the messed up thing though.. 10 years from now, that card will be obsolete, and we will be able to afford cheaper and better performing ones.

robisinho 11/16/2011 3:20 PM
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climber :
Considering the original Octal drive costs $100K, the next gen one will be 1.5x - 2x more expensive.



Im not so sure. that's a pci2 device, being released after the last manufacturing run of pci2 intel (maintstream/server) processors.

might be relatively "cheap" (meaning mercedes benz level cost, instead of bentley)

denial_ 11/16/2011 5:02 PM
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Anybody saw my jaw? I dropped it somewhere ;)

lostmyclan 11/16/2011 5:10 PM
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this is like voodoo 6 6000 pci xD

WyomingKnott 11/16/2011 9:42 PM
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Where's the guy who won't buy one until they come down to $1 per gigabyte? Haven't seen him lately.

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