Texas Memory Reveals eMLC RamSan-810

Texas Memory Systems, Inc. (TMS) announces its first enterprise MLC product, the RamSan-810.

It brings Tier-0 performance and reliability to Tier-1 read-heavy workloads. The 10TB RamSan-810 has 8Gb FC or QDR InfiniBand interfaces and dissipates only 250 W.

Reliability of the RamSan-810 is enhanced by the TMS Series-7 Flash Controller (FPGA, PowerPC based) that utilizes a error correction algorithm and patented Variable Stripe Raid (VSR) algorithm. VSR automatically bypasses failing chips.

The RamSan-810 is rated for a 10-year life with a 50TB/day Write workload, With the extra TMS reliability features found in the Series-7 Flash Controller.

TMS CEO Holly Frost said: "Our entry into the eMLC market with the RamSan-810 is a natural evolution for us and an exciting and significant expansion of our business. Channel partners and users can now go with the undisputed leader in Enterprise Flash solutions for all their needs. The RamSan-810 scales (40x) to 400 Terabytes, 160 GB/s, and 12.8M IOPS within one 40U rack using only 10 KW. Imagine how efficiently your databases will run with this flash storage configuration."

Data warehousing, content delivery networks, data acquisition, and log file storage are examples of cost-sensitive applications that will benefit from using the RamSan-810. It allows eMLC users to get a solution without sacrificing performance, I/O flexibility, or reliability.

Jim Handy of Objective Analysis said: "Although many applications can use SSDs as a fast tier in a larger array of hard drives, certain applications must maintain the entire data set in fast storage. To get both fast storage and large capacity SSDs, eMLC flash is an excellent option."

Like the SLC RamSan-710, the RamSan-810 provides an integrated storage system in a small 1U box. Since the RamSan-810 works like traditional SAN storage, it is installed without the need for special drivers. TMS customers can now choose between a range of flash offerings: RamSan-710 (SLC, 5TB), RamSan810 (eMLC, 10TB), RamSan-630 (SLC, 10TB), and RamSan-70 (SLC, 900-GB, PCIe card).