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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Oh good by LordKaT · 2009-01-27 08:31 · Score: -1, Troll

I'll be sure to do that, and replace them every 5 years when they run out of write operations.
Fusion-io's iodrive is faster!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2009-01-27 08:43 · Score: -1, Troll

Fusion-io's iodrive blows this thing away... this is junk.
Fusion-io's iodrive is faster by dragonbladex · 2009-01-27 09:01 · Score: 1, Troll

Fusion-io's SSD the iodrive is faster than this by far, I would suggest looking at their speeds on fusionio.com