Overall results are impressive. Our sample reached sustained, sequential read performance of 721 to 892 MB/s. The 721 MB/s minimum, in particular, is much more than any Fusion-io product can provide, and none of Fusion-io’s products are currently available at 1TB or higher. Meanwhile, Super Talent hits these high capacities. Write performance is similarly impressive at around 500 MB/s, but some of Fusion-io’s ioDrives can be quicker here. More importantly, though, the RAIDDrive is bootable, while Fusion-io products currently are not. Driver support is available for virtually all relevant operating systems.
The I/O rates of our MLC-powered RAIDDrive are significant, to say the least. The RAIDDrive constantly beats the ioXtreme, as long as the latter is configured to offer its maximum capacity. If the ioXtreme is set to improved or maximum write performance, it will deliver higher maximum I/Os, but it will fall to levels below the RAIDDrive in scenarios with varying workloads.
...it is one drive not to be snarled at.
