Four X25-E Extreme SSDs Combined In Hardware RAID

theraindog writes "Intel's X25-E Extreme SSD is easily the fastest flash drive on the market, and contrary to what one might expect, it actually delivers compelling value if you're looking at performance per dollar rather than gigabytes. That, combined with a rackmount-friendly 2.5" form factor and low power consumption make the drive particularly appealing for enterprise RAID. So just how fast are four of them in a striped array hanging off a hardware RAID controller? The Tech Report finds out, with mixed but at times staggeringly impressive results."

Solid State Slashdot Drive.

[Ostracus]

"So just how fast are four of them in a striped array hanging off a hardware RAID controller? The Tech Report finds out, with mixed but at times staggeringly impressive results.""

So in other words I'll get First Post much faster since slashdot switched over.

Redundant Array of what?

[telchine]

This is a very expensive solution. What part of Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks don't they understand?

Re:Oh good

[Anonymous Coward]

"Enterprise storage purchasing often looks at dollars/IOPS rather than dollars/GB."

Which is good news, as this Intel Slashdot advert says its "compelling value if you're looking at performance per dollar rather than gigabytes.".

Re:Oh good

[neoform]

I must be doing something wrong then. Should I put my computer in the freezer when I'm not using it or something, like, to keep it fresh longer?

Re:New acronym: RAVED?

[CompMD]

No, its got a cooler acronym, RAVEN: Redundant Array of Very Expensive Not-disks-but-some-silly-stack-of-flash-memory-chips.

Re:Redundant Array of what?

[Ioldanach]

That's right. Marketing switched "Inexpensive" for "Independent" years after the term was coined, because they couldn't convince people to buy their non-Inexpensive disks for RAID use as easily under the old meaning.