Linux: RHEL 5/6 SLES 10/11 OEL 5/6 CentOS 5/6 Debian Squeeze Fedora 16/17 openSUSE 12 Ubuntu 10/11/12.
Microsoft Windows: 64-bit Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003.Warranty: 5 years or maximum endurance used.Form Factor: Half-height, half-length (HHHL).
Lastly, Fusion-io has enhanced their VSL software to provide improved small block performance, and it provides the most robust drive management software on the market with ioSphere.įusion-io ships the ioDrive2 single card with MLC NAND in 365GB, 785GB and 1.2TB capacities in a HHHL form factor and 3TB on a FHHL PCB. The drive also features Adaptive FlashBack technology which allows the drive to suffer from NAND failures without risking any data loss or down time while the drive remaps. Alternatively, with an ASIC firmware can be updated, but the core logic of the silicon cannot be. Fusion-io uses an FPGA as the NAND controller, which is important because it gives them more programmatic control and allows for a greater degree of continued customization for the on-drive logic over the life of the drive. We'll highlight some key points revolving around design and build, but since we've spent quite a bit of time discussing that in the SLC Duo review, we'll skip past much of that in this review, favoring instead to focus on performance. The ioDrive2 single MLC comes in at a maximum 1.2TB capacity in HHHL or 3TB in FHHL, while the SLC Duo tops out at 600GB and 1.2TB respectively (though the Duo featured with MLC maxes at 1.2TB HHHL and 2.4TB FHHL capacities). Of course offering the drive with MLC NAND brings with it benefits like reduced cost, and the MLC iteration also comes in higher capacities. Pedestrian in ioMemory language though means applications like databases that can accept read latencies of 68µs, compared to the 47µs latency found in the higher-end SLC ioDrive2. While we've previously reviewed the ioDrive2 flagship Duo SLC, which is great for the most demanding applications, the ioDrive2 single drive with MLC is designed for more "pedestrian" workloads.
The Fusion-io ioDrive2 MLC application accelerator comes in capacities up to 1.2TB in a half-height half-length (HHHL) form factor (or 3TB in FHHL) and is highlighted by exceedingly low read and write access latencies.