Texas Memory Systems Introduces High-Capacity PCI-Express Solid State Disk for Application Acceleration
The RamSan-20 snaps into mid-tier servers and appliances to boost performance.
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sed Texas Memory Systems, which designs and builds solid state storage systems for accelerating essential applications, announced its RamSan-20, a 450GB Flash on a PCIe card.
The card uses Single Level Cell (SLC) Flash and delivers 120,000 I/Os per second (IOPS) for random read operations, according to the company, minimizes latency between the server’s processor and storage, and can be easily installed. With its on-board management suite, the RamSan-20 has little impact on host resources and preserves data in the event of a server crash or power loss.
“Boosting the performance and storage capacity of enterprise solutions are common desires of users. OEMs, however, continually seek ways to add value to their solutions without costly up-front development effort and time,” says Jeff Janukowicz, research manager for solid state drives at market research firm IDC.†”By incorporating a PCIe Flash SSD solution like the RamSan-20…OEMs should be able to deliver a compelling and economical solution that [offers] increased performance and improved reliability.”
The RamSan-20 is designed to accelerate server-resident applications that require large, fast buffer areas and those that are random access intensive, such as databases, video editing, financial modeling, and Web content.
“More users are looking to SSD as they demand greater application performance,” says Woody Hutsell, president at Texas Memory Systems. “Beyond the Enterprise data center, the technology and cost improvements in Flash are stimulating demand. These factors, coupled with a growing desire to reduce space and power requirements with greener storage, led us to develop the RamSan-20. In this, our 14th generation of product, we have set the bar for PCIe Flash in terms of density, sustained performance, reliability, and independence from the host server.”
The RamSan-20 is scheduled for general availability in early Q2 2009.
