IBM Flash Memory Breaks 1 Million IOPS Barrier 77
alphadogg writes to tell us that IBM is claiming a victory on the flash storage front. Their new research project "Quicksilver" is claiming data transfer speeds of more than 1 million input/output operations per second (IOPS). "IBM said Quicksilver is two and a half times faster than its own SAN Volume Controller coupled with IBM's DS4700 storage. It would also be two and a half times faster than technology from Texas Memory Systems, which says it has the world's fastest storage with an IOPS rate of 400,000. "
Time to market? (Score:4, Insightful)
Given that current systems are 3 or more orders of magnitude slower than the stated amount, I'm pretty safe in saying that this announcement is meaningless outside of the lab. Kudos, but.... next!
Re:Time to market? (Score:5, Insightful)
If it's in the lab, "Next!" But if it's in the market, "Slashvertisement!" Good old Slashdot, where someone is always ready to shit in your cornflakes.
Re:Big deal (Score:4, Insightful)
soooooo... (Score:4, Insightful)
How does this translate into normal transfer speed units like MB/s? Otherwise I have no point of reference to tell if I am impressed or indifferent.
Re:It's not a fucking barrier (Score:4, Insightful)
If it was a barrier, you wouldn't be /able/ to break it.
Yeah [wikipedia.org].
Re:It's not a fucking barrier (Score:2, Insightful)
With a reply that *recognized* your command, /I'd/ have thought _you_ would have understood that *he* understood.
/yay, slashies!/
Does this mean... (Score:3, Insightful)
...that they will be worn out in 0.1 seconds? (If typical wear-out numbers apply.)
I'll pass, and rather go with something reliable... ...now where did I put my chisel?