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24 SSD RAID array opens ALL Microsoft Office apps in 0.5 sec!

Summary: Geeks at Samsung took 24 256GB SSD (Solid State Drives) and hooked them together into a monster RAID array. The results are very impressive indeed.

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

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Geeks at Samsung took 24 256GB SSD (Solid State Drives) and hooked them together into a monster RAID array. The results are very impressive indeed.

The setup could hit transfer speeds of over 2GBps. In real world terms this translates into:

  • Being able to open ALL Microsoft Office apps in 0.5 seconds
  • Open 53 programs installed on the system in 18 seconds
  • Defrag the entire system in 3 seconds (that said, SSDs and SSD RAID arrays don't need defragging)
  • Transfer a 700MB ripped DVD in 0.8 seconds

Pretty impressive stuff!

Take a look at the video below for all the action.

Topics: Hardware, Microsoft, Storage

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  • OK ...

    How much, and how soon can I get one?

    Ludo
    Ludovit
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    • Answer:

      An arm, a leg, and both of your family jewels (they're not gonna wait around for your first born)...
      Wolfie2K3
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  • RE: 24 SSD RAID array opens ALL Microsoft Office apps in 0.5 sec!

    now if they could only develop a single drive with those kind of speeds, i still want to know what their raid configuartion was, how was everything striped
    jteasdal
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  • RE: 24 SSD RAID array opens ALL Microsoft Office apps in 0.5 sec!

    So, what kind of results some Database Test like TPC-C can be improoved?
    nazarenorodrigues@...
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  • You could get even better performance for cheaper...

    You could get even better performance for cheaper if they
    had used 15000 RPM SAS drives instead of SSD drives.
    olePigeon
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    • 15000 RPM drives still have slower seek times

      since Seek times are practically eliminated on SSDs. An SSD is more than capable of outperforming a 15k SAS drive, the tech just isn't quite there yet.
      LiquidLearner
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  • No Extra Crud....

    Hard Comp Is That 2 Gb/s of Real Data thats pertinent. Not Just Some swipe To Be assembled, It'd Make heck Of Workstation & About that Much Molee', Thats HOT.

    Signed:PHYSICIAN THOMAS STEWART von DRASHEK M.D.
    VONDRASHEK@...
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  • Illustrating ...

    ... its not so much that the tired old x86 architecture has little life left in it ...

    ... but that the major players (eg M$ and HP) just don't do any innovative engineering targetted at performance.

    RAID was invented in 1989!
    What did we get last year?
    The HP MediaSmart Windows Home Server.
    MediaDumb would be more appropriate.

    Guess you can tell Jason P. that you have the disk subsystem for his extreme homebrew PC sorted!
    johnfenjackson@...
    Reply Vote

  • Impressive BUT Meaningless

    nt
    no_zd_user_name
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  • Cool, but useless.

    If this somehow segue's into a marketable product, I'll be impressed. It's similar to how the memory configuration on a cray works, but a good deal slow due to the interface.
    Spiritusindomit@...
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  • RE: 24 SSD RAID array opens ALL Microsoft Office apps in 0.5 sec!

    The cost of the system for the CPUs, Video cards, the SAS Controller used to make the raid, the PSU's, 24 256GB SSD drives (about $700 a piece)and such came in at around $24,000 that is not counting the little stuff like the case and cables and such. That is an estimate though. could be a little less or a little more, depending on where you buy the parts.
    angelisnight2000@...
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  • I knew it! So there IS a way to make Windows faster

    Fish
    ksarkies@...
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    • Way back in Win-3 days

      the way to make the system scream was to add RAM and disable disk swapping. Then came Win-95 and if you disabled swapping, it wouldn't boot.

      Now we've come full circle - all you need is to add an array of RAM disk drives (SSD's) and Windows runs faster again.

      The more things change, the more they stay the same...

      ;-)
      oldbaritone
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  • FusionIO still beats it, and for less money.

    Search youtube for the video where they copy something like 50 dvds from one drive to another in under a minute.
    Gaius_Maximus
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