NetApp virtualises third-party SSD
NetApp's V-Series controller has added support for Texas Memory Systems' RamSan 500 SSD product, in an unexpected twist on storage array sold state drive use,.
The RamSan-500 is a high-capacity flash memory-based SSD aimed at applications such as in-memory databases and others requiring every high speed access to large data sets. The product is not as fast as TMS' DRAM-based RamSan products though, only producing 10,000 IOPS. It offers up to 2TB of capacity, and is not a replacement for individual hard disk drives like the STEC SSDs used in EMC's Symmetric and Clariion storage arrays.
NetApp's V-Series is a FAS controller with features enabling third-party arrays to be connected to it and appear within the NetApp storage environment as if they were NetApp arrays with functionality such as thin provisioning, snapshots and ASIS de-duplication. It can thus virtualise EMC, IBM, HDS, HP and now TMS arrays.
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