[Kevin OBrien]

StorageReview has started testing the FlacheSAN2 48-bay 2U storage array from EchoStreams. This platform features 48 densely packed 180GB Intel SSD 520s, five PCIe 3.0 LSI 9207-8i HBAs, three Mellanox ConnectX-3 56Gb/s dual-port InfiniBand adapters and is built around a custom two-processor Intel motherboard. Follow this log for the ongoing build process and benchmark results.

EchoStreams FlacheSAN2 Custom Flash Array Build

[Brian]

We're thrilled to have this rig in the office as part of our expanding array testing. If you have questions or requests please post them here.

[kristofferjon]

Brian, on 13 July 2012 - 06:43 PM, said:

We're thrilled to have this rig in the office as part of our expanding array testing. If you have questions or requests please post them here.

Looking forward to seeing the benchmark results. Is it possible for us to purchase the chassis ourselves?

[Kevin OBrien]

I believe so, this is the datasheet for the platform:

http://www.echostrea...Sheet_Rev02.pdf

[Brian]

kristofferjon, on 14 July 2012 - 08:23 PM, said:

Looking forward to seeing the benchmark results. Is it possible for us to purchase the chassis ourselves?

Also happy to connect you directly if you want to PM me your contact info.

[lecaf]

I'd like to see if Shogun2 Total War loading times are faster using this array.

lol

In fact what you could do are some ridiculous comparisons, of this ludicrous array against a single sata mech HDD. Some ideas: Windows install time on a VM, data copy time.

Sure some business related benchmarks of journaled database would be more serious and professorial looking, but...I already know what the results would be. What I like to see is the fun angle.

m a r c

Brian, on 13 July 2012 - 06:43 PM, said:

We're thrilled to have this rig in the office as part of our expanding array testing. If you have questions or requests please post them here.

This post has been edited by lecaf: 16 July 2012 - 10:24 AM

[FastMHz]

Fun things are always good :-)

I installed Win7 onto a RAMDisk via VirtualBox once and it finished the copying in 17 seconds.

[kristofferjon]

Are there any updates available on the build progress & testing?

[Kevin OBrien]

About to add some updates today. This past week we received all of our InfiniBand networking gear and are prepping HP DL380p servers with Windows Server 2012 for testing. Looking to get the InfiniBand side going today for some baseline tests.

[ehorn]

Thanks for the update Kevin. Looking forward to it...

peace,

This post has been edited by ehorn: 27 July 2012 - 10:50 AM