[Crunch Gear] Samsung shows off SSD RAID

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Jman_345

Discussion Starter · Mar 10, 2009

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Samsung shows off face-melting speed of SSD RAID
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by Dave Freeman on March 9, 2009

So we all know that SSD drives are fast, but how do those numbers translate into the real world? And what would happen if you had unlimited funds and wanted to build a 24-unit SSD RAID array to see exactly what they can do?

Samsung did exactly that, and came up with some astounding numbers:

* Microsoft Office opens in 0.5 seconds.
* 53 programs take 18 seconds to start
* Entire system can be defragged in about 3 seconds

Now of course, the price to build something like this is prohibitive, but the important thing is that Samsung has proven that it's possible, and pretty damn cool if you can set it. Bye-bye mechanical drives.

System Specs From Video:

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(26) Samsung 256GB SSDs
(4) Kingston 800MHZ FDIMM 1GB
(6) 1' SAS -> 4' SATA SFF 80871 Molex ->4' SATA POWER
(2) Bluray RW/ HD DVD Combo
(2) Corsair HX1000W Psu
(2) Intel QX9775 EXTREME Quad Cores
(2) Zalman Coolers
(2) Radeon 4870X2's
(1) Intel SkullTrail Motherboard
(1) Adaptec Series RAID
(1) Areca 24 RAID
(1) ThermalTake Armor

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/09...d-of-ssd-raid/

Dayumn...

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spartacus

· #2 · Mar 10, 2009

Just saw this video during class today and I know my jaw was on the table. Haha.

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beanbagofdoom

· #3 · Mar 10, 2009

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3 second defrag

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Jman_345

Discussion Starter · #4 · Mar 10, 2009

Got the video to work, LOL @ the DVd Transfer vs out the window

Threefeet

· #5 · Mar 10, 2009

That is truly ninja

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Hayday

· #6 · Mar 10, 2009

It can max crysis!

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mothergoose729

· #7 · Mar 10, 2009

I... want... so bad. The future can't get here fast enough

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Sanders54

· #8 · Mar 10, 2009

Holy... that's sooo awesome.

Humanfactor

· #9 · Mar 10, 2009

I wonder how much capacity those SSD's have...

Threefeet

· #10 · Mar 10, 2009

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I wonder how much capacity those SSD's have...

OP says 256GB a piece, not bad at all

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mothergoose729

· #11 · Mar 10, 2009

24x256= 6gb. If that was not already stated somewhere....

glenbuck1914

· #12 · Mar 10, 2009

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That's the sweetest RAID setup I've ever seen

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DuckieHo

· #13 · Mar 10, 2009

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24x256= 6gb. If that was not already stated somewhere....

24x256GB = 6GB?

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Threefeet

· #14 · Mar 10, 2009

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24x256= 6gb. If that was not already stated somewhere....

24x256GB= 6TB, though it's RAID 0 so it's only 256GB capacity.

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mothergoose729

· #15 · Mar 10, 2009

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24x256GB = 6GB?

Always quick to correct me duckie

. Yes, TB is what I meant, sorry. And RAID 0 does not take away from capacity like RAID 1 does so all 6TB are usable.

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Threefeet

· #16 · Mar 10, 2009

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Always quick to correct me duckie

. Yes, TB is what I meant, sorry. And RAID 0 does not take away from capacity like RAID 1 does so all 6TB are usable.

Doh, yes you are right

EDIT :: you can tell I've never set up an array before

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r34p3rex

· #17 · Mar 10, 2009

Now i know what i want when i win the lottery tomorrow.. or next week.. maybe next month

HardwaterH4ck3r

· #18 · Mar 10, 2009

Hmm...Something else to add on my list of "things to buy when I win the lottery."

i really really want to setup a raid setup with some SSDs though.....

That would be *****in....

It's only about $14,000 in SSDs....

That's more than my car.....

CAHOP240

· #19 · Mar 10, 2009

Thats one of the sexiest setups I've seen in a while. I can't wait till SSD's become mainstream. I'd take 4 in RAID 0 please...

Licht

· #20 · Mar 10, 2009

Extremely annoying but very cool.

Kind of shows up my 4 HDD RAID0 array just a little.... 10x the speed...

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