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Japanese Company Intros PCIe card with 1Gb SSD, 700Mb/s Write

@ 2009/03/26

G-Monster-PCIe

The new G-Monster-PCIe SSD is a storage device that connects to an x8 PCIe slot and offers max. 1 terabyte of storage capacity. The Drive is stated to offer maximum read and write speeds of up to 750 MB/sec. and 700 MB/sec., respectively.

The Drive also features a hardware-based RAID controller and SDRAM of local
cache. G-Monster-PCIe SSD, It provides fastest Read and Write speed and high reliability for high end system such as Server and Storage. Supports SLC (Single level cell) and MLC (Multi-level cell) NAND Flash memory.

G-Monster-PCIe SSD delivers unbeatable durability, system performance and power efficiency.

Key Features

􀂄 1 TB MLC with SDRAM of local cache
􀂄 Hardware based RAID controller
􀂄 PCI-Express x8 interface
􀂄 Max. read up to 750MB/s
􀂄 Max. write up to 700MB/s
􀂄 Fully Compliant with RoHS directive
􀂄 CE and FCC compatibility

More Info:

Comment from thorgal @ 2009/03/27

This means OCZ is too late to the market, and perhaps even that they lent (copied ?) the technology from this firm.

Will be interesting to watch how this plays out.

Comment from jmke @ 2009/03/26

$1500 I think, that's the price of raid card, and 4xMLC 256GB SSDs approx

Comment from blackened @ 2009/03/26

This technology is interesting.. We have been working with the Fusion IO card here at work and it smokes everything else we have.. We are sending back our older 160gb model for the new 640gb model, which retails for roughly $20k.. I wonder what the price is on this 1TB card..

Comment from jmke @ 2009/03/26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rutar

It probably costs as much as a luxury car with 1 TB, is it at least bootable?

don't see why not, OCZ Z-Drive is also bootable, they are using RAID cards, so bootable all the way

Comment from Kougar @ 2009/03/26

This uses MLC, not SLC. According to the page, it is bootable.

There is no mention of controller type which is the big question here... but honestly no flash memory is completely free of the slowdown effect.

Comment from Rutar @ 2009/03/26

the onboard cache and the use of SLC memory would already reduce that problem

It probably costs as much as a luxury car with 1 TB, is it at least bootable?

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