Hitachi Data Systems, well known for their high performance storage solutions, has stated their intent to bring a new, high performance SSD controller to market. This appears to be a completely homegrown design, and not a result of its joint venture with Intel. Also announced was their new VSP (Virtual Storage Platform) solution, which will enable enterprise customers to achieve …
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Kent Smith of LSI SandForce Delivers Presentation on Over-Provisioning – FMS 2012 Update
If you happened to be at the Flash Memory Summit, you might have caught Kent Smith, the LSI SandForce Senior Marketing Director, delivering presentation on the virtues of over-provisioning. Over-provisioning is the process of setting aside additional capacity to help with SSD performance and longevity, and Kent’s message is don’t be afraid to take advantage of it. Let’s take a look …
Read More »Toshiba Announces New Enterprise SSD Offerings – FMS 2012 Update
Toshiba is adding some new enterprise SSDS to the mix. Slotting in below their high end SAS MK4001GRZB, the new siblings are armed with lower cost eMLC Toggle. Holding down the high-performance end, the PX02SM SSD uses Toshibas 24nm eMLC Toggle NAND together with a dual-port 12Gbps SAS interface. Capacities of 200GB to 1600GB have been promised, though 12 gig …
Read More »Smart Storage Displays 1.6TB Optimus SAS SSD Capable of Over 100,000 IOPS – FMS Update
I am sorry but whoever thinks that using incredible beauty to attract customers doesn’t help is just wrong. In fact, I am even preparing for the backlash on my return to home base when my better half questions the necessity of my emphasizing the point with ‘incredible’. Nevertheless, lets look a bit further and see what Smart Storage had to …
Read More »Intel RAIDS Four Series 910 PCIe SSDs For One Million IOPS – FMS 2012 Update
You may recall that we recently reviewed the Intel Series 910 PCIe SSD, in both 400GB and 800GB configurations, and it deservedly received the Editor’s Choice Award. This year at FMS, Intel decided to step up the performance just a bit and show just what four Intel 910’s could do in a RAID configuration. Although pushing just over one million …
Read More »Toshiba Demos New 1TB Hybrid Drive with 80MB/s Transfer Speeds – FMS 2012 Update
Today at FMS, Toshiba demonstrated it’s new Hybrid Drive and took the opportunity to run it against a SSD and hard drive in boot comparison. As we would expect, the start times of the Hybrid versus the hard drive showed the Hybrid as the clear winner and, admittedly, it started in about 12 seconds and just behind the SSD. We …
Read More »Marvell Demonstrates New ARM-Based Microserver – FMS 2012 Update
Marvells new ARM-based microserver is a look at one possible future “ a super-scalable series of low-powered ARM processors harmoniously mated with flash. Leveraging several Marvell properties, including a series of quad-core ARM processors, the new tiny approach to servers could become a big thing in the future. Making all this possible is the Marvell Armada XP SoC. Geared toward …
Read More »VeloBit Announces Caching Software Trial Bundle Featuring Micron SSDs
VeloBit, a provider of high-performance SSD caching software, is announcing a trial sampling program via a bundle that will feature PCIe and SATA SSDs from Micron Technology, Inc. Potential customers will be able to receive a 60-day free trial to evaluate the use of VeloBit’s HyperCache software bundled with certain PCIe and SATA SSDs from Micron. Customer looking to integrate …
Read More »LSI Demonstrates Windows To Go on Bootable Kingston Flash Drive (Video) – FMS 2012 Update
This morning at the Flash Memory Summit, we were lucky enough to get a pre-screening of the new Kingston DataTraveler Workspace, a completely bootable operating system using Microsofts new Windows To Go technology. The demonstration was run by LSI’s own Monika Kloudova and LSI SandForce deserves a great deal of credit as, without their Flash Storage Processor (FSP), this may …
Read More »BIWIN Displays Enterprise Class PCIE Device That Supports 8 mSATA SSDs – FMS 2012 Update
BIWIN displayed a new PCIe card at the Flash Memory Summit that was one of the first we have seen to allow for the use of up to eight mSATA SSDs. This card is a PCIe 2.0 x8 device and will be available in capacities from 240GB all the way up to an amazing 2TB. Performance for the card is …
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