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Violin Memory provides the world's fastest and most
scalable memory appliances that can dramatically accelerate large dataset
applications demanding very high IOPS or low latency. Unlike other SSDs, the
same Violin 1010 memory appliance supports
DRAM or
SLC NAND Flash
with other memory types planned for the future. System architect choose Violin
because:
It's Greener: With support for 4,000GB of Flash or 500GB of
DRAM in a 2U appliance, the Violin 1010 memory appliances provide over 50% power
and space savings.
It's Faster: With 1 Million IOPS (DRAM) on a single Linux
Host and 100K Sustained Write IOPS (Flash), the Violin 1010 is
significantly faster
than other processor-based SSDs. The hardware-based data path and the
RAID algorithms provide
the industry's lowest latencies.
It's Better Value: The Violin 1010 provides hot-swappable
Flash system with RAID at a much lower cost per useable GByte than other
performance Flash SSD-based systems. Violin is making Flash cost-competitive
with performance HDD storage systems, but with a ten-fold performance
improvement.
see also:-
Violin
Memory - editor mentions on STORAGEsearch.com
Violin - recent milestones from
SSD market
history
In August 2007 -
Violin Memory launched
the world's fastest 2U SSD - the
Violin 1010.
In
August 2008 -
Violin Memory said it
had delivered 1 million IOPS on a single interface port (a world record)
using the latest version of its RAM based Violin 1010 memory appliance.
In
November 2008 - Violin
Memory announced availability of a new model - a fast 4TB SLC flash
SSD in a 2U rackmount. Its patent pending non blocking architecture delivers
the best ratio of flash R/W IOPS in the industry - over 200K random Read IOPS
and 100K random Write IOPS (4K block). Interface options include:-
PCIe, Fibre
Channel and Ethernet.
In September 2009 -
Violin Memory announced
that Donald Basile has been named CEO. Dr. Basile (with over 20 years of
leadership experience) had recently served as the CEO of
Fusion-io.
In
March 2010 - FalconStor
announced
technical
and VAR channel support for Violin Memory's 2U
rackmount FC flash SSD
- the Violin 1010 .
Although the headline specs of this very fast flash SSD are substantially the
same as when it was launched in
November 2008
the 2 important things which have changed are:-
- the availability of SSD
ASAP-like features implemented by FalconStor's SafeCache and HotZone
software.
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