Texas Memory Systems Adds Redundant RAM to Reliability Features of the World’s Fastest Storage
Databases and other critical applications are better protected from serious multi-bit data errors with addition of redundant RAM technology to Texas Memory Systems’ RamSan-325 solid state disk.
Houston, TX (PRWEB) June 6, 2005 -- Texas Memory Systems, makers of the
World’s Fastest Storage®, announced the availability of redundant RAM (“RAID-ed”
memory) technology for its RamSan-325 solid state disk systems. The IBM®
Chipkill™ -based technology, helps Texas Memory Systems protect database and
other business critical applications from serious multi-bit errors that can
cause data corruption and unscheduled system downtime.
Standard error
correcting code (ECC) implementations correct single-bit errors but cannot
correct the multi-bit errors that can result in data integrity issues. Chipkill
technology is an order of magnitude more reliable because it allows a memory
system to correct a multi-bit failure up to and including a total chip failure.
As implemented on the RamSan-325 solid state disk, Chipkill works hand-in-hand
with the existing ECC to provide this data protection.
“Although
multi-bit data errors are extremely rare, an organizations most critical data is
often stored on a solid state disk, said Woody Hutsell, Executive Vice President
at Texas Memory Systems. “Because a solid state disk facilitates more concurrent
database users and greatly accelerated transaction processing, the impact of a
multi-bit error could be significant. That’s why Texas Memory Systems goes the
extra mile to build the most reliable solid state systems available on the
market.”
In addition to Chipkill, the RamSan-325 high-availability
architecture includes redundant and hot swappable power supplies, redundant
batteries to provide power in the event external power is lost, and a four disk
RAID with hot swappable backup hard disk drives that stores data that is flushed
from memory. Texas Memory Systems' unique Active Backup™ feature allows users to
simultaneously benefit from the solid state drive's superior performance and the
hard disk drives' persistence by constantly backing up memory to the internal
RAID without affecting application performance.
The RamSan-325
non-volatile solid state disk can accelerate I/O intensive applications such as
databases up to 2500% by delivering random data at sustained rates exceeding 1.5
gigabytes per second. Applications that benefit include OLTP (online transaction
processing), OLAP (online analytical processing), modeling, and data
acquisition. Typical RamSan users include corporations in the financial,
telecom, broadcasting, and e-commerce sectors as well as government, military,
and research organizations.
Chipkill technology is shipping on all new
RamSan-325 and RamSan-325c orders and upgrade options are available for current
RamSan-325 customers. Details on Chipkill are available at www.superSSD.com/chipkill .
About Texas Memory Systems
Texas Memory Systems (http://www.texmemsys.com) manufactures the World's Fastest
Storage® and is the market leader in solid state disk technology. Their RamSan
line of solid state storage is used to accelerate enterprise applications like
OLTP databases, batch processes, and data warehouses, modeling and video editing
up to 2500%. Founded in 1978, they sell direct to large enterprise and
government organizations. They also sell through OEM and reseller
partners.
Texas Memory Systems, World's Fastest Storage, RamSan and
Active Backup are trademarks or registered trademarks of Texas Memory
Systems.
IBM and Chipkill are trademarks of International Business
Machines Corp.
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