Record Sales of RamSan for Texas Memory in 2011

Texas Memory Systems, Inc.
announced that three RamSan products introduced in the summer of 2011
led to record sales in the final half of the year and a record backlog
at the start of 2012.

TMS also set the SPC-1 benchmark record for IOPS during 2011, an
accomplishment achieved for the fourth time. TMS salespeople set
corporate sales records and TMS engineers were issued several new
patents. In 2011 the RamSan product offerings were expanded to include a
lower cost eMLC variant and a HA variant, both offered in 1U rack-mount
form factor.

The RamSan-710 system, introduced in 2011, gained traction in the
enterprise storage market. The RamSan-810, an eMLC variant of the
RamSan-710, is popular for applications that don’t require the write
endurance of SLC Flash. The addition of the RamSan-720, scheduled for
delivery in 2012, rounds out a product portfolio that ranges from
plug-in PCIe storage cards to high-availability enterprise-grade Flash
storage systems.

2011 Milestones for TMS:

• A patent for Variable Stripe RAID (VSR) is issued by the US patent office (patent # 7,856,528).
  This patent protects TMS’ advanced failover mechanism that allows Flash
  controllers to bypass one or more bad Flash chips (or individual
  sections of Flash chips) while continuing to operate, without requiring
  the use of spare Flash devices. VSR technology extends the life of any
  Flash storage system.
• 8Gb FC is introduced for the RamSan-630 and other RamSan storage
  systems. It doubles the bandwidth of FC devices in RamSan systems and
  ensures the interoperability of TMS systems with newer FC networks.
• TMS sets the SPC-1 IOPS performance record with its RamSan-630 Flash storage system.
  The record of 400,503 SPC-1 IOPS was achieved at a cost of $1.05 per
  SPC-1 IOPS, with the result being confirmed by an independent test
  facility. The previous record, held by IBM, was achieved at a cost of
  $18.83 per SPC-1 IOPS. TMS also tested the RamSan-630 on the SPC-2
  bandwidth benchmark, placing it as one of the top four best performers.
  The RamSan-630 is the first system to place in the top 4 for both the
  SPC-1 (IOPS) and the SPC-2 (bandwidth) tests.
• The RamSan-70 PCIe card (SLC, 900-GB) is introduced. It offers
  performance without burdening the host CPU. It is available in both
  450-GB and 900-GB configurations. The 900-GB model, known as the
  Gorilla, delivers 700,000 IOPS (4K block size) or 1.2 million IOPS (512
  byte block size) and bandwidth of 2.5 GB/s.
• The RamSan-710 system (SLC, 5-TB) is introduced. The RamSan-710
  delivers 5 TB of usable capacity, 5 GB/sec of bandwidth, and 400,000
  IOPS, while occupying an 1U of rack space and consuming only 250 watts.
  Competing products require 2-4x the space and 2-4x the power.
• The RamSan-810 system (eMLC, 10-TB) is introduced. The RamSan-810
  system provides an eMLC alternative to the RamSan-710 for applications
  that don’t require the write endurance of SLC Flash. It achieves nearly
  the same performance as the RamSan-710 at half the cost per capacity.
• RamSan-70 independent testing. It was conducted by the Swiss
  National Supercomputing Center in Manno, Switzerland, found that the
  RamSan-70 Gorilla performs better than comparable devices, as well as
  high-speed disk-based alternatives, in enterprise-class environments.
  The RamSan-70 outperformed competing Flash cards by Fusion-io and
  Virident.
• The RamSan-720 system (SLC, 12 TB) is announced. The RamSan-720
  is the first TMS product to directly target HA applications. Although
  the RamSan-720 provides HA, it does not sacrifice performance, the
  hallmark of all RamSan systems. Its 1U size and cost are similar to the
  RamSan-710 except it has additional capacity.

TMS announces its intention to form a strategic partnership that will enable it to continue its growth.
The company’s interest is teaming with an organization that will help
it increase its market dominance rather than simply seeking an infusion
of capital.