SYSTEMS

Fusion-io today announced that its ioDrive, the world's most advanced enterprise solid-state data storage technology, has become the first solid-state storage solution to achieve IBM ServerProven designation. The IBM ServerProven program is designed to provide customers with additional product choices by performing compatibility tests with a variety of non-IBM products. The ioDrive is a PCI-Express-based, direct-attached storage solution that has 100 times the capacity density and 10 times the capacity per dollar of DRAM. The technology makes it possible to have terabytes of near-memory-speed storage within each node, bringing a new level of cost effectiveness to systems requiring extremely large memory and high-performance I/O for applications. "Proven compatibility is vital to our customers," said Don Basile, CEO of Fusion-io. "We are pleased at the continued momentum we see in our relationship with IBM, as is demonstrated by being awarded the company's ServerProven designation. Fusion-io has achieved a number of industry firsts, including being the first to develop a truly PCI-e-based solid-state storage product with our ioDrive, and being the first to bring protective RAID technology to solid state with our Flashback protection. Fusion-io was also the first to work with IBM to achieve 1,000,000 IOPS, and we are now the first solid-state solution provider to achieve this important ServerProven designation from IBM." Independent lab testing has verified that the ioDrive can achieve more than 100,000 mixed transactions (IOPS). Fusion-io worked with IBM on its Project Quicksilver to easily achieve over 1,000,000 IOPS by presenting multiple ioDrives as a shared storage solution to accomplish RAID-like speeds. "IBM is excited to work with Fusion-io on innovative technologies that bring value to our clients," said David Weber, IBM Program Director, Wall Street Center of Excellence. "With these technologies, we expect to significantly improve the performance of specific applications such as database queries and business intelligence, as well as dramatically reduce power and space costs - all of which have become even more important in today's challenging business environment." The ioDrive is currently available in capacities of 80 GB, 160 GB and 320 GB. For more information on Fusion-io, please visit its web site.