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IBM Flash Memory Breaks 1 Million IOPS Barrier

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the flash-in-a-flash dept.

alphadogg writes to tell us that IBM is claiming a victory on the flash storage front. Their new research project "Quicksilver" is claiming data transfer speeds of more than 1 million input/output operations per second (IOPS). "IBM said Quicksilver is two and a half times faster than its own SAN Volume Controller coupled with IBM's DS4700 storage. It would also be two and a half times faster than technology from Texas Memory Systems, which says it has the world's fastest storage with an IOPS rate of 400,000. "

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  1. IBM Flash Memory Breaks? by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Then I'm not buying IBM flash memory, end of story.

    1. Re:IBM Flash Memory Breaks? by maxume · · Score: 3, Funny

      Will Farrell called, he wants you to join his club.

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  2. Yay! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does this mean I can wear out my flash drive more quickly? WOO!

  3. Re:Time to market? by Yvan256 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh crap, I thought these were Raisin Bran.

  4. Re:It's not a fucking barrier by Aranykai · · Score: 4, Funny

    Italics look like this. /This/ /just/ /makes/ /you/ /look/ /like/ /an/ /ass/.

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  5. Re:Big deal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It only transfers 640KB per I/O operation, tops.

    Well, 640kb should be enough for anybody.

  6. Re:soooooo... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    More importantly, how many Libraries of Congress per lunar month is this?

  7. Re:soooooo... by Hecatomb00 · · Score: 5, Funny

    How does this translate into normal transfer speed units like MB/s? Otherwise I have no point of reference to tell if I am impressed or indifferent.

    All I know is it is fast. This is a huge win in my book. I am really tired of finishing before my standard hard drive can seek out my porn.

  8. Re:soooooo... by JJJK · · Score: 2, Funny

    about 15946
    ...using google calculator, 10 TB for a LoC and 640 GB/s.

    So... do you measure velocity in furlongs per forthnight?

  9. Re:Big deal by sexconker · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am, and it's 610.3515625.

  10. Re:soooooo... by elgatozorbas · · Score: 2, Funny

    All I know is it is fast. This is a huge win in my book. I am really tired of finishing before my standard hard drive can seek out my porn.

    Why don't you give it a head start?