fast SSD controller cards?

[John Doe]

I seem to recall reading that most motherboards (SATA ports?)
cannot handle the speed of current SSD drives?

I'm wondering whether there are add-in cards for that. Of course I
can look...

 

[Yousuf Khan]

I seem to recall reading that most motherboards (SATA ports?)
cannot handle the speed of current SSD drives?

I'm wondering whether there are add-in cards for that. Of course I
can look...

Yes, SSD's will max out the entire bandwidth limit of SATA ports. They
are the only technology that can do so. SATA of course comes in 3
versions: 1.5Gbps, 3Gbps, & 6Gbps. SSD will max out even the fastest one
of those. So don't worry about buying an add-in card to handle it, as
there is no add-in card that is fast enough yet.

There are some specialized SSD's available that plug directly into a
PCI-e slot on the motherboard, bypassing the SATA ports altogether. But
they are not consumer SSD's, they are meant for enterprise use, and cost
thousands of dollars.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Rodney Pont]

Yes, SSD's will max out the entire bandwidth limit of SATA ports.

I think this needs qualifying. Some will max out SATA ports but not all
are that fast. Some are only up to 125 MB/s read and up to 70 MB/s
write so it's important to check the speed of the drive if you are
expecting performance from it.

 

[Paul]

Yes, SSD's will max out the entire bandwidth limit of SATA ports. They
are the only technology that can do so. SATA of course comes in 3
versions: 1.5Gbps, 3Gbps, & 6Gbps. SSD will max out even the fastest one
of those. So don't worry about buying an add-in card to handle it, as
there is no add-in card that is fast enough yet.

There are some specialized SSD's available that plug directly into a
PCI-e slot on the motherboard, bypassing the SATA ports altogether. But
they are not consumer SSD's, they are meant for enterprise use, and cost
thousands of dollars.

Yousuf Khan

$20,639.99 OCZ Z-Drive R4 C Series PCI-Express SSD CM88 3.2 TB

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/OC...SD-CM88-solid-state-drive-3.2-TB/2491026.aspx

"Hard Drive

4KB Random Write: 410000 IOPS
Compliant Standards: 128-bit AES , 256-bit AES , S.M.A.R.T.
Hard Drive Type: Internal hard drive
Internal Data Rate: 2800 MB/s
Internal Data Rate (Write): 2800 MB/s
NAND Flash Memory Type: MLC
Non-Recoverable Errors: 1 per 10^16
Storage Interface: PCI Express 2.0 x8

Benchmarks are pretty close to that on sequential, here.
They used the 1.6TB version

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4879/ocz-zdrive-r4-cm88-16tb-pcie-ssd-review/3

And that's still not a "native" NAND flash solution. The intermediate layer
is still SAS.

Paul

 

[Red Cloud]

I seem to recall reading that most motherboards (SATA ports?)
cannot handle the speed of current SSD drives?

I'm wondering whether there are add-in cards for that. Of course I
can look...

You guys (I'm talking about white race in Western society) did not
designed SSD drive or motherboard. They are all designed in Asia.
Most MB is designed in Taiwan. The latest SSD is designed in Japan and
Korea.

So you better ask Japaneses or Koreans when will the next fastest SSD
card will coming out. I'm sure it won't be designed in White Western
nation. It will be
Korean or japanese product again...

 

[Paul]

You guys (I'm talking about white race in Western society) did not
designed SSD drive or motherboard. They are all designed in Asia.
Most MB is designed in Taiwan. The latest SSD is designed in Japan and
Korea.

So you better ask Japaneses or Koreans when will the next fastest SSD
card will coming out. I'm sure it won't be designed in White Western
nation. It will be
Korean or japanese product again...

OCZTechnology, designers of that $20,000 enterprise SSD, are in San Jose
(not my favorite place, wouldn't want to live there).

http://www.ocztechnology.com/aboutocz/

Sandforce, the company that made the flash controller, are in Milpitas.
Sandforce was bought by LSI Logic.

http://www.sandforce.com/index.php?id=154&parentId=6&top=1

FusionIO, makers of enterprise SSD storage, are in Salt Lake City.

http://www.fusionio.com/company/

Companies are global, with bits of company here and there.

Even the workforce has more than one color of skin. Amazing.

Flash chips can be made in a Japanese plant (bare silicon die),
then packaged and tested in China. Just like many other chip
companies do production in two different countries (silicon
in one place, package and test in another like Malaysia).

Motherboards are designed in Taiwan and China, but also
in Folsom, California (Intel).

http://www.intel.com/jobs/usa/sites/folsom/

Intel doesn't generally do PCB production itself, and that
is contracted out. And not the same company wins the bid
each time.

People do design with IP (intellectual property) blocks.
Where are those designed ? Why, right in the city I live in.
And in cities all over North America.

Look harder.

Paul

 

[Red Cloud]

OCZTechnology, designers of that $20,000 enterprise SSD, are in San Jose
(not my favorite place, wouldn't want to live there).

Hell no OCZT could built SSD drive.

http://www.ocztechnology.com/aboutocz/

Sandforce, the company that made the flash controller, are in Milpitas.
Sandforce was bought by LSI Logic.

Yeah both companies don't make final product... They just don't have
facility...

http://www.sandforce.com/index.php?id=154&parentId=6&top=1

FusionIO, makers of enterprise SSD storage, are in Salt Lake City.

http://www.fusionio.com/company/

Companies are global, with bits of company here and there.

Even the workforce has more than one color of skin. Amazing.

Flash chips can be made in a Japanese plant (bare silicon die),
then packaged and tested in China. Just like many other chip
companies do production in two different countries (silicon
in one place, package and test in another like Malaysia).

Motherboards are designed in Taiwan and China, but also
in Folsom, California (Intel).

http://www.intel.com/jobs/usa/sites/folsom/

Intel doesn't generally do PCB production itself, and that
is contracted out. And not the same company wins the bid
each time.

People do design with IP (intellectual property) blocks.
Where are those designed ? Why, right in the city I live in.
And in cities all over North America.

Look harder.

Yeah they claim IP thing when they can't manufacture in final product.
It is like they play like Wall Street stock broker.

 

[John Doe]

This freak racist is suggesting that we are worse than Communist
Chinese slave drivers, because we use their product. Of course
that makes no sense. This thing is just putting its racist hatred
on parade. This racist doesn't even help its own.

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