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bummer
08-06-2008, 18:32
Introducing FusionIO DRIVE
Next Generation Server Storage


FDCservers is happy to introduce FusionIO drives, the future of storage technology.



I am sure most of our customers had their fair share of pain when it comes to dealing with hard drives, especially when it comes to reliability and performance. There have been no significant changes in hard drive technology in decades, up until now.



FusionIO drives brings awesome new product that will definitely help impact the server market. Here are few highlights


- RELIABILITY . There are no moving parts so the chances of drive going bad, like we`re used to with mechanical drives, is significantly smaller


- PERFORMANCE. Depending on application the Single FusionIO drive can handle what it would normally take 10-1000 mechanical drives to do the job


- GREEN PRODUCT. The power consumption and heat production of FusionIO drives is significantly lower comprad to mechanical drives




There are many other advantages that you can read about at http://www.fusionio.com


Detailed specs and FAQs are listed here http://www.fusionio.com/products.aspx







FDCservers is now offering free & no commitment 24 hour test drive of servers equipped with the 80GB version of the FusionIO drive.
This will give our customers the ability to test the product with specific applications they use for their hosting needs.


To schedule your test drive, please contact sales@fdcservers.net


Please be advised that the test drive servers are available with Linux only. Also due to excpected interest there will be a waiting list.


We welcome all participants to post their feedback in this thread





thank you
FDCservers.net
zekmaster
08-06-2008, 18:44
Great improvement FDC Team.

Keep 'em coming. FDC is rising :cool:
eclipse2000hosting
08-06-2008, 18:54
Guys,

What kind of prices are we looking at for these.
nero12
08-06-2008, 18:55
hm, so whats the price range around ?


Fusion IO demo:
http://www.fusionio.com/DEMOfall%202007.aspx
bummer
08-06-2008, 19:00
these drives cost $30/GB.

Yes it is significantly more than mechanical drives but considering the performance it is cheap.

Basically the cost is the same as cost of RAM nowadays. So imagine what you could do with a server that has 80GB RAM
avelino
08-06-2008, 19:08
Show of ball that is very good ...
Speedy059
08-06-2008, 19:11
This would be an investment i would like to invest in. Can you partition off let's say 10GB for memory with these puppies?
bummer
08-06-2008, 19:13
This would be an investment i would like to invest in. Can you partition off let's say 10GB for memory with these puppies?

the drives are sold in 3 models. 80GB , 160GB , 320GB

you can partition the drive just like a regular hard drive
sticky
08-06-2008, 19:13
These are just RAM Disks, correct?
bummer
08-06-2008, 19:16
These are just RAM Disks, correct?

not exactly since the data is not stored in RAM modules. The hard drive is plugged into PCI Express slot on the motherboard. Performance wise it is as fast as RAM but it does not loose the data when you power down the server
Native
08-06-2008, 19:24
FDCServers is a budget host with budget prices on there servers and data transfers, why are they trying to sell something that cost 300 times more than a standard hard drive costs?
bummer
08-06-2008, 19:30
FDCServers is a budget host with budget prices on there servers and data transfers, why are they trying to sell something that cost 300 times more than a standard hard drive costs?

for the same reason why we offer new CPUs and more RAM. Some people might be fine with their good 'ol hard drive and if it`s working don`t fix it. Some customers, especially the ones with Gigabit or 10Gigabit servers, can definitely use something like FusionIO.

Have you ever tried maxing out 1Gbps connection with a sata drive ?
nhouck
08-06-2008, 19:32
Can anyone think of a use for this? Aside from perhaps streaming lots of concurrent media streams? At $3000+ for only 80GB I don't see anyone using this for normal server use.

Although I would love to use it in my game servers, there's no way I could afford to unless users want to pay a 50% premium on their server rentals, and no one is going to do that.
bummer
08-06-2008, 19:38
Can anyone think of a use for this? Aside from perhaps streaming lots of concurrent media streams? At $3000+ for only 80GB I don't see anyone using this for normal server use.

Although I would love to use it in my game servers, there's no way I could afford to unless users want to pay a 50% premium on their server rentals, and no one is going to do that.

FusionIO comes into play with any application where HDD IO is a bottleneck. Heavy database usage, dense VDS platform, streaming content etc.

Obviously pricing will go down over months/years like with any other hardware however if you need to set up a raid array with 8 drives or setting up server cluster to increase HDD IO than you can actually save money buy using single FusionIO drive
nhouck
08-06-2008, 19:59
FusionIO comes into play with any application where HDD IO is a bottleneck. Heavy database usage, dense VDS platform, streaming content etc.

Obviously pricing will go down over months/years like with any other hardware however if you need to set up a raid array with 8 drives or setting up server cluster to increase HDD IO than you can actually save money buy using single FusionIO drive
Well I guess it is good that you guys are providing cutting edge options for your customers, that's always appreciated.
Speedy059
08-07-2008, 08:47
This FusionIO is definitely a great advance and I can see many needs for it. Setting up huge raid array's can be pretty expensive, and still wouldn't match up to the speed and reliability as this 1 pci-card. This would be perfect to run Databases on such as MySQL and MS SQL 2005-8. Just think of how much extra ram you could partition to the server? This type of hardware just makes me go crazy of the possibilities..... Before I buy one I'll probably wait until they get down to about 20$ per GB, which I'm sure will be shortly.
Slacker_au
08-11-2008, 13:17
Is there any config issues with running one of the new drives and a standard drive for a backup?

Any issues with running these on the on a Cpanel Box?
ChronoCross
08-11-2008, 15:12
Is there any config issues with running one of the new drives and a standard drive for a backup?

Any issues with running these on the on a Cpanel Box?

The only thing these can't do is be used for an OS drive. They can only be used as a secondary drive.
john2k
09-03-2008, 21:57
What is the cost for adding the fusionio drive to one of your servers? I checked the hardware upgrades (http://www.fdcservers.net/Services/DedicatedServers/HardwareUpgrades) page, but it appears to be showing prices for a different type of SSD drive.

How are these drives with kernel updates? Do the drivers need to be reinstalled every time the kernel is updated? Is there an easy way for that to be done during automatic updates?
ChronoCross
09-03-2008, 22:06
What is the cost for adding the fusionio drive to one of your servers? I checked the hardware upgrades (http://www.fdcservers.net/Services/DedicatedServers/HardwareUpgrades) page, but it appears to be showing prices for a different type of SSD drive.

How are these drives with kernel updates? Do the drivers need to be reinstalled every time the kernel is updated? Is there an easy way for that to be done during automatic updates?

It would cost around $3500-$3700 to be added to the system (80GB). With every new kernel you need to compile and install drivers for it to work. There is no automated way to do it. Plus it's currently linux only.