11 TB for a RAID 0 of 56 SSD 1GB/s write!

Would you like to make a ghost with that? ;)

A few weeks ago we announced thatIBM had broken a record with SSDs in RAID, in a server. Patriot showed the same type of achievement at Computex, with 56 SSDs based on SandForce SF-1200 and MLC memory. On a Xeon-based SuperMicro motherboard (and 48 GB of RAM), Patriot installed LSI controller cards and 56 SSDs, to reach 240 IOPS (close to 000 GB/s in writing small files, therefore, when an Inidilinx type SSD reaches 1 to 10 MB/s). Interestingly, everything is rather compact thanks to the 15-inch SSD format, when the majority of server hard drives are SFF (Small Form Factor, 2,5 mm thick) or 15 inches. Of course, to power 3,5 SSDs and Xeons, you also need two 56 W power supplies, but is power consumption really an issue when you have purchased more than 1 TB of flash memory?


source: Tom's Hardware