Four X25-E Extreme SSDs Combined In Hardware RAID

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 27, 2009 @08:28AM from the that's-no-hard-drive dept.

theraindog writes "Intel's X25-E Extreme SSD is easily the fastest flash drive on the market, and contrary to what one might expect, it actually delivers compelling value if you're looking at performance per dollar rather than gigabytes. That, combined with a rackmount-friendly 2.5" form factor and low power consumption make the drive particularly appealing for enterprise RAID. So just how fast are four of them in a striped array hanging off a hardware RAID controller? The Tech Report finds out, with mixed but at times staggeringly impressive results."

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Redundant Array of what? by telchine · 2009-01-27 08:48 · Score: 4, Funny

This is a very expensive solution. What part of Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks don't they understand?
Re:Oh good by neoform · 2009-01-27 09:09 · Score: 4, Funny

I must be doing something wrong then. Should I put my computer in the freezer when I'm not using it or something, like, to keep it fresh longer?

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Re:New acronym: RAVED? by CompMD · 2009-01-27 09:23 · Score: 4, Funny

No, its got a cooler acronym, RAVEN: Redundant Array of Very Expensive Not-disks-but-some-silly-stack-of-flash-memory-chips.