Fusion-io Announces the ioDrive Duo - The World's Fastest and Most Innovative SSD

D4S4 · Mar 12, 2009

my_name_is_earl said:
Don't tell me let me guess how much it cost. An arm, a leg, and a kidney combine? Hopefully by 2010 it will only cost a teeth and I don't mind a minor toothache.

don't give your teeth for that... rather a give up your toes or something like that, perhaps an ear... i lost my two upper front teeth to a bike crash, it hurted like hell for a month... (thats the cost of extreme mountainbiking... check out my piece of hardware that i want)

<--without two tooth (whats the plural for tooth, teeth sounds weird to me for only two... english ain't exactly my mothertongue)

a111087 · Mar 12, 2009

BOSE said:
Just found a slower ioDrive that is 640GB. Data rates: 800 MB/sec (read), 600 MB/sec (write), and SATA hard drives support up to 90 MB/s.

$19,200.

for that price, go buy loads of SSD's and run them in RAID :laugh:

BOSE · Mar 12, 2009

npp said:
It isn't bootable by now (see here), but that doesn't hurt much what it's intended for. Remarkable device, clearly the way to go. Maybe several years from now similar drives won't be uncommon on desktops, too.

Note that in Q4 2008, Fusion-IO will release a firmware upgrade that WILL show the ioDrive in BIOS and therefore the ioDrive WILL become bootable at that time!

The other disadvantage is that the ioDrive is not yet bootable. This feature is coming though in the form of a simple firmware update in Q4 2008.

phanbuey · Mar 12, 2009

BOSE said:
Note that in Q4 2008, Fusion-IO will release a firmware upgrade that WILL show the ioDrive in BIOS and therefore the ioDrive WILL become bootable at that time!

The other disadvantage is that the ioDrive is not yet bootable. This feature is coming though in the form of a simple firmware update in Q4 2008.

its 2009....

BOSE · Mar 12, 2009

phanbuey said:
its 2009....

It is????

phanbuey · Mar 12, 2009

BOSE said:
It is????

yes

BOSE · Mar 12, 2009

phanbuey said:
yes

So if it IS 2009, then according to my calculations, every ioDrive IS bootable.

phanbuey · Mar 12, 2009

BOSE said:
So if it IS 2009, then according to my calculations, every ioDrive IS bootable.

I... I dont follow...

PCpraiser100 · Mar 12, 2009

Don't even try thinking about getting an SSD, the race is still going. You can tell by a mile once you realize that this company is just copying off OCZ's idea with PCI Express, just to stay one step ahead. If you buy now, there will be an SSD that is far better than your what use to be the best SSD money can buy.

BOSE · Mar 12, 2009

PCpraiser100 said:
Don't even try thinking about getting an SSD, the race is still going. You can tell by a mile once you realize that this company is just copying off OCZ's idea with PCI Express, just to stay one step ahead. If you buy now, there will be an SSD that is far better than your what use to be the best SSD money can buy.

Its the other way around. IoDrive was out before OCZ even knew what SSD smells like.

And the race will never stop. At some point will have only SSD drives, then we will have SSDDX drives, then who knows. So its nothing new.

simlariver · Mar 12, 2009

BOSE said:
So if it IS 2009, then according to my calculations, every ioDrive IS bootable.

The aforementioned firmware was never released and the original ioDrive is still not bootable. Since they don't mention this feature in the press release of the new product, I doubt it is bootable ...

thebeephaha · Mar 12, 2009

FYI the IO drive even if bootable or not wouldn't show as a regular drive...

It will be in the boot device section as some sort of addon card. DUH.

BOSE · Mar 12, 2009

Watch the second video. Skip forward to 3:40. This will give you a clean and clear answer straight from horse mouth.

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/34065/135/

thebeephaha · Mar 12, 2009

That is a yes.

Knew it.

simlariver · Mar 12, 2009

MAybe it is a yes, or maybe it just means you need to use a boot manager to load your OS on it. Either way, marketing reps are never to be trusted.

BOSE · Mar 12, 2009

He is not a marketing rep, he is a Chief technical officer. Very similar to Director of Research and Development.

thebeephaha said:
FYI the IO drive even if bootable or not wouldn't show as a regular drive...

It will be in the boot device section as some sort of addon card. DUH.

Watch the video. Again!

Binge · Mar 12, 2009

whoa... $3000...

Hayder_Master · Mar 12, 2009

time to be mother boards have more pci-e slots , and this storage is great solution for servers

Katanai · Mar 12, 2009

1.5GB's?

Damn!

As for it being bootable, this one might actually be, seeing that it has a RAID controller built in.
Anyway for it's intended target, servers and storage solutions, this has no relevance as virtualization is practically anywhere nowadays...

Processor	C2D E8400@3.9GHz (488x8, 1.4v :( )
Motherboard	Abit IP35-E
Cooling	Thermaltake Sonic Tower+120mm fan
Memory	2GB kingmax ddr1066@976MHz 5-5-5-15
Video Card(s)	Radeon X1800GTO @700/1400MHz with Accelero S1+Glacialtech fancard
Storage	2xSeagate Barracuda 7200.10 160GB
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster 793s... just you laugh...
Case	some Aplus case
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC888
Power Supply	Chieftec 450W
Software	Win7 x64

Processor	Intel Q9400
Motherboard	asus p5q-pro
Cooling	Ultra120
Memory	6GB ddr2
Video Card(s)	NVS 290
Storage	3TB + 1.5TB
Display(s)	Samsung F2380
Case	Silverstone Fortress FT02B
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi
Power Supply	750W PC P&C
Software	win 7 ultimate 64bit

Processor	Q9450
Motherboard	Asus P5K Deluxe
Cooling	All Air
Memory	Corsair Dominator 8GB PC1066
Video Card(s)	Evga 8800GT
Storage	WD: Raptor 300, 500GB, 750GB, 1TB
Display(s)	Samsung 24", Acer 19"
Case	Lian-Li PC-6070
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DX2
Power Supply	Enermax Liberty 650W
Software	Vista 64bit

System Name	stress-less
Processor	9800X3D @ 5.42GHZ
Motherboard	MSI PRO B650M-A Wifi
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO
Memory	64GB DDR5 6400 1:1 CL30-36-36-76 FCLK 2200
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090 FE
Storage	2TB WD SN850, 4TB WD SN850X
Display(s)	Alienware 32" 4k 240hz OLED
Case	Jonsbo Z20
Audio Device(s)	Yes
Power Supply	Corsair SF750
Mouse	DeathadderV2 X Hyperspeed
Keyboard	65% HE Keyboard
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	They're pretty good, nothing crazy.

Processor	Q9450
Motherboard	Asus P5K Deluxe
Cooling	All Air
Memory	Corsair Dominator 8GB PC1066
Video Card(s)	Evga 8800GT
Storage	WD: Raptor 300, 500GB, 750GB, 1TB
Display(s)	Samsung 24", Acer 19"
Case	Lian-Li PC-6070
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DX2
Power Supply	Enermax Liberty 650W
Software	Vista 64bit

Fusion-io Announces the ioDrive Duo - The World's Fastest and Most Innovative SSD

D4S4

a111087

BOSE

phanbuey

BOSE

phanbuey

BOSE

phanbuey

PCpraiser100

New Member

BOSE

simlariver

thebeephaha

BOSE

thebeephaha

simlariver

BOSE

Binge

Overclocking Surrealism

Hayder_Master

Katanai

System Name	REBEL R1
Processor	Core i7 920
Motherboard	ASUS P6T
Cooling	Stock
Memory	6GB OCZ GOLD TC LV Kit 1866MHz@1.65V 9-9-9-24
Video Card(s)	Two Sapphire HD 5770 Vapor-X Xfire'd and OC'd (920/1330)
Storage	Seagate 7200.11 500GB 32MB
Case	Antec Three Hundred
Audio Device(s)	ASUS Xonar D1 PCI Sound Card
Power Supply	OCZ StealthXStream 500W
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	16585 Performance Score on 3DMark Vantage

System Name	0BL1V10N
Processor	Intel Core i7 11700K @ 5.1GHz all-core turbo
Motherboard	ASRock Z590 Taichi
Cooling	Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360 (with stock CM fans), 12x Pccooler Moonlight Series ARGB 120mm fans
Memory	(4x16GB) 64GB Mushkin Redline Lumina 3600MHz 16-19-19-39 XMP
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4090 SUPRIM LIQUID 24G (not using stock fans) (+150MHz core, +1000MHz memory)
Storage	Western Digital Black SN850X 2TB Gen4 NVMe
Display(s)	1x Alienware AW3821DW (3840x1600@144Hz), 2x Dell SE2717H (1080p@75Hz)
Case	Phanteks Enthoo 719 Anthracite Grey
Audio Device(s)	Schiit Modius + Drop THX AAA 789 + Custom Planar Magnetic Headphones
Power Supply	Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1200W (12VHPWR)
Mouse	Logitech G502 X Plus
Keyboard	Too many custom mechanical builds to list...
Software	Windows 10 Pro 22H2

System Name	Molly
Processor	i5 3570K
Motherboard	Z77 ASRock
Cooling	CooliT Eco
Memory	2x4GB Mushkin Redline Ridgebacks
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 680
Case	Coolermaster CM690 II Advanced
Power Supply	Corsair HX-1000

System Name	MASTER
Processor	Core i7 3930k run at 4.4ghz
Motherboard	Asus Rampage IV extreme
Cooling	Corsair H100i
Memory	4x4G kingston hyperx beast 2400mhz
Video Card(s)	2X EVGA GTX680
Storage	2X Crusial M4 256g raid0, 1TbWD g, 2x500 WD B
Display(s)	Samsung 27' 1080P LED 3D monitior 2ms
Case	CoolerMaster Chosmos II
Audio Device(s)	Creative sound blaster X-FI Titanum champion,Creative speakers 7.1 T7900
Power Supply	Corsair 1200i, Logitch G500 Mouse, headset Corsair vengeance 1500
Software	Win7 64bit Ultimate
Benchmark Scores	3d mark 2011: testing