http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/ Engadget Comments for Fusion-io's ioDrive tested: world's fastest storage confirmed http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 6:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/
Anyway, I'll be damned.]]>Dec 11th 2008 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 6:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/
It shouldn't be named GTA VI.. an I'll tell you why!

Basically Vice City & San Andreas are more like stand alone expansion packs to GTA3, the first GTA had 3 islands, right?
Liberty City, San Andreas and Vice City.

GTA IV is basically GTA3.. just more flashy.. so no doubt they'll be doing Vice City and San Andreas all over again.

As for this storage? I hope to god the price is in more of a reasonable range once we consumers get our grubby mits on it.]]>Dec 11th 2008 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/
I'm afraid that doesn't make sense. Vice City and San Andreas were both too substantial to be called expansion packs. If they were released as part of GTA3 or as actual expansion packs (i.e. required GTA3 to run) then yes it would make sense to call this latest one GTA4.

Anyway, it all looks messy to me... they should just stick to a simple numbering system.

The idea of having a re-designed Vice City does excite me though as that one was definitely my favorite. \m/

@Backlin:
Why not? I have a Core 2 Extreme QX9650, 8GB DDR3, HD4870 1GB and a Velociraptor... however the frame rate is terrible, it doesn't let me turn viewing distance up without turning down texture/render quality and thus making everything blurry and load times are a bitch. There was one cut-scene I've seen so far that had several 15-30 second loading screens in it.

Sure my specs aren't the highest of today but are definitely in the upper range and I think it's reasonable to expect to be able to play at max settings with a decent frame rate. They should stop making games over-demanding and calling it "settings for future hardware". -- that's some lame excuse they use for not optimizing the code.]]>Dec 11th 2008 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 5:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/
In high I/O-environments, RAM is still king.

This is a promising product and similar products will make an impact once the price drops.]]>Dec 11th 2008 6:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 6:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/
This thing looks ideal for high database demand, high transaction systems. Or super demanding movie editing or some sort.]]>Dec 11th 2008 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/
You don't have disk drives instead of RAM cache today because you need your data in case of power failure. For that you have UPS's and clusters/fail overs. You have it on disk drives because having it on RAM is prohibited by cost vs need. Dumping your RAM to a backed up drive is close to free.

If your servers go down due to the UPS's fail the loss of 15 minutes worth of data is the least of your problems. Getting your server powered back up is.

I am sure there are scenarios where this product has a purpose, but it's a niche.]]>Dec 11th 2008 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134695 x 80 = 4,599.20
]]>Dec 11th 2008 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134414]]>Dec 12th 2008 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/
Matt, this plugs into your pci-e 2.0 port, no sata cables needed, its a standalone card, its a harddrive but incredibly fast.

this was announced 6 months or so ago but there werent xp drivers then i dont think, hopefully it'll be great, shame about the price.

Review: http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1683/exclusive_look_at_fusion_io_iodrive_pcie_solid_state/index.html

hdtune benchmarks:

455mb/s read
332mb/s write
0.05ms seek time

wipes the floor with ssd's!!!]]>Dec 11th 2008 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/
Server wise though i think it's still ram caching for the win price to performance wise.]]>Dec 11th 2008 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Just a heads up. Pretty obvious, since the article is attached, but mb = Mbit = 1/8 of a MByte.. So saying 455mb/s really means 56MB/sec, while 332mb/s means 42MB/s. Just a heads up. Sucks that capitalization actually means something on occasion =P]]>Dec 11th 2008 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/
That test (on page 6) compares the ioDrive to an 8-drive RAID array of 15k rpm disks on sequential reads and writes. In my own testing, I was able to get 700MB/s on sequential reads on the ioDrive.]]>Dec 11th 2008 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Storage/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2180]]>Dec 11th 2008 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/
Personally $3,000 for that kind of performance is really cheap, especially upon it's introduction to the market.]]>Dec 11th 2008 6:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/]]>Dec 11th 2008 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/
]]>Dec 11th 2008 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 6:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 6:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/I held one of these devices in my hands yesterday evening looking at all of this.]]>Dec 11th 2008 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Multiple solid state chips make as much sense in the addon card form factor as the do in the traditional 2.5/3.5" box form.
Maybe even a very very fast boot/system drive built into the motherboard could become the norm once price come down enough.]]>Dec 11th 2008 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/fusion-ios-iodrive-tested-worlds-fastest-storage-confirmed/Dec 11th 2008 11:11AM