SYSTEMS
Fusion-io announces breakthrough in storage with availability of the ioDrive
Device Collapses the Performance of Multiple Racks of Storage onto Single PCIe Card: Fusion-io, a leader in enterprise solid-state architecture and high-performance I/O solutions, today announced that the ioDrive, the company’s first product, will begin shipping on April 7th. The ioDrive is a PCIe card based on a new storage architecture which enables it to deliver the power of a storage area network (SAN) at a fraction of the power, size and cost of traditional disk arrays. 
Fusion-io is ushering in a new era of silicon-based storage, offering breakthrough performance at a cost/capacity that is a fraction of traditional storage systems, and opening up a world of possibilities via the world's first high-performance direct-attached storage (DAS), with I/O performance equal to today’s fastest high-end SAN solutions. The ioDrive leverages Fusion-io's proprietary ioMemory architecture to create a single PCIe card that operates as either local storage or storage cache, making it easy for any level system administrator to deploy and manage. Capable of being installed transparently at multiple points in existing data centers or workstations, the ioDrive requires no changes to applications or infrastructure or complex management software. “The ioDrive is a radical departure from traditional storage solutions and will change the way businesses think about their storage architecture,” said Don Basile, chairman and CEO, Fusion-io. “Specifically designed for the enterprise, the ioDrive offers a best-of-breed solution for drop-in storage.” The ioDrive is the industry's first NAND-based enterprise storage solution that provides access rates comparable to DRAM, with storage capacity on par with disks, enabling it to improve both memory capacity and storage performance. Given its performance and dual functionality, the ioDrive has the potential to reduce the need for enterprises to buy expensive, high performance fibre channel disks, fibre channel switches, RAID controllers, HBAs, exotic disks, caching appliances, excessive cabling or custom software, eliminating application I/O bottlenecks even during peak loads. Pricing and Availability
The ioDrive is currently available at a cost of approximately $2400 for 80 GB, $4800 for 160 GB and $8900 for 320 GB.
Fusion-io is ushering in a new era of silicon-based storage, offering breakthrough performance at a cost/capacity that is a fraction of traditional storage systems, and opening up a world of possibilities via the world's first high-performance direct-attached storage (DAS), with I/O performance equal to today’s fastest high-end SAN solutions. The ioDrive leverages Fusion-io's proprietary ioMemory architecture to create a single PCIe card that operates as either local storage or storage cache, making it easy for any level system administrator to deploy and manage. Capable of being installed transparently at multiple points in existing data centers or workstations, the ioDrive requires no changes to applications or infrastructure or complex management software. “The ioDrive is a radical departure from traditional storage solutions and will change the way businesses think about their storage architecture,” said Don Basile, chairman and CEO, Fusion-io. “Specifically designed for the enterprise, the ioDrive offers a best-of-breed solution for drop-in storage.” The ioDrive is the industry's first NAND-based enterprise storage solution that provides access rates comparable to DRAM, with storage capacity on par with disks, enabling it to improve both memory capacity and storage performance. Given its performance and dual functionality, the ioDrive has the potential to reduce the need for enterprises to buy expensive, high performance fibre channel disks, fibre channel switches, RAID controllers, HBAs, exotic disks, caching appliances, excessive cabling or custom software, eliminating application I/O bottlenecks even during peak loads. Pricing and Availability
The ioDrive is currently available at a cost of approximately $2400 for 80 GB, $4800 for 160 GB and $8900 for 320 GB.