Fusion-io Announces ioDrive2 and ioDrive2 Duo

By Nathan Kirsch

Today, Fusion-io announced its next generation ioDrive, delivering more capacity, enhanced enterprise reliability and better performance at a lower cost. With so many companies jumping on the flash memory bandwagon, the new ioDrive reiterates Fusion-ios leadership in storage memory innovation. The Fusion-io MLC ioDrive2 and ioDrive2 Duo will be offered in 365 GB, 785 GB, 1205 GB and 2.4 TB capacities, beginning in late November 2011, followed by SLC products in 400 GB, 600 GB and 1.2 TB capacities, with the first product run already committed to key customers and partners.Pricing for Fusions new ioMemory platform starts at a manufacturers suggested retail price of $5,950 U.S.

Fusion-io ioDrive Duo

New features of the ioDrive2 and ioDrive2 Duo include:

  • Nearly symmetrical read and write access with best in class low queue depth performance
  • Consistent low latency access for mixed workloads with 15 microsecond write latency, 3 GB/s bandwidth, over 700,000 read IOPS and over 900,000 write IOPS
  • Maximum capacity in the smallest footprint, with up to 2.4 TB of capacity to fuel server efficiency even in the most data-intensive environments
  • All new intelligent self-healing feature called Adaptive FlashBack provides complete chip level fault tolerance, which enables ioMemory to repair itself after a single chip or a multi chip failure without interrupting business continuity
  • System level integration with the latest Fusion-io VSL 3.0 software subsystem
  • More work per unit of processing with the cut-through Fusion-io architecture, which continues to deliver performance increases as CPUs become more powerful
  • Extended support for all major operating systems, including Windows, Linux, OSX, Solaris x86, ESXi 5.0 and HP-UX
  • Field programmability, allowing IT professionals maximum flexibility in customizing their ioMemory platform to meet the unique needs of their enterprise

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