1.4 Million IO/s with 1U SuperServer From Supermicro

Super Micro Computer, Inc. is announcing that a 1U SuperServer (SYS-6016GT-TF) running on the flash-based, server-attached ioDrive Octal from Fusion-io has achieved in excess of 2.2 million sequential IOPS, and in excess of 1.4 million random IOPS, offering performance in Supermicro’s new SuperServer line. The 1U SuperServer being tested can be equipped with either 10G Ethernet or 40G Infiniband for networking or external storage connectivity.

The achievement comes as the two companies enter into a new Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) partnership. Fusion-io and Supermicro are teaming to offer Fusion Powered SuperServers that accelerate data intensive real-time applications, transactional databases and heavy workloads.

"Supermicro has worked closely with Fusion-io and fine-tuned our SuperServer solution to obtain significant performance improvements over current SAS or SATA implementations," said Wally Liaw, Senior Vice President of International Sales for Supermicro. "Adding these Fusion-io accelerated SuperServers to our extensive portfolio of high-efficiency memory and IO products provides our customers with SAN-like performance in smaller and more efficient form factors."

The initial agreement between the two companies covers three Supermicro SuperServer models, bringing Fusion’s ioMemory technology to 1U, 2U and 4U form factors. Supermicro will offer Fusion-io’s ioDrive Duo and ioDrive Octal to its customers. By integrating the ioDrive Octal directly into a SuperServer, enterprise applications are accelerated up to 10 times and beyond, while simultaneously reducing power-per-IOP up to 10 times.

"The solutions developed by Supermicro and Fusion-io bring both performance and reliability to NAND Flash, giving Supermicro customers a mission-critical advantage over their competitors," said Jim Dawson, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Fusion-io. "Architected to take advantage of the power of NAND Flash when it acts like memory instead of constraining it to operate like a disk, the Fusion Powered SuperServers® eliminate unnecessary complexity while dramatically improving performance and reliability. The result is flash-based performance that rivals DRAM, with data speeds dramatically exceeding even SSD-based storage arrays."

The ioDrive product line, available through the Supermicro solution in capacities up to 5.12 TB in the ioDrive Octal, offers Fusion-io’s new solid-state ioMemory tier to increase bandwidth and application performance, reduce latency, and simplify IT infrastructure, while slashing capital and operating costs. Supermicro SuperServers integrated with ioMemory allows companies to rethink the way they architect data systems to unleash the potential of their highest performance applications.

Three initial SuperServer models, covering 1U, 2U and 4U form factors are available with Fusion-io drives:

• 1U: SYS-6016GT-TF
• 2U: SYS-6026TT-GTRF
• 4U: SYS-7046A-HRF+