…. He granted me access to servers with 8 attached Intel X-25M 80GB MLC cards. The cards attached to 2 Adaptec 5805… 4 cards per controller. The cost of setup is 8 x 260$ (X-25M) + 2×500$ (Adaptec 5805) = ~3000$. Available space varies in depends…

If you were running the X-25M/X-25E in production environment you would most likely keep it … @ 320GB MLC $7000 for FusionIO @ 160GB SLC Also Intel recommends X-25E for server and workstation applications (plus it has higher… attached both price points: 8 x $499 X-25M 160GB (MLC) ~= $2400 8 x $999 X-25E 64GB (SLC) ~= $8000 2 x $550 Adaptec 5805 ~= $1100…

8 x $499 X-25M 160GB (MLC) ~= $3992 (Sorry was looking at the 80GB at $250)

For those interested, I ran into another X-25M vs FusionIO benchmark: http://hothardware.com/Articles/Fusionio-vs-Intel-X25M-SSD-RAID-Grudge-Match/?page=1 best, Jos

How come sequential writes slower than random ones? Even single X-25M can do 80MB per sec. Something is wrong with your setup.

… devices. SandForce and Indilinx are catching up. – retail drives, Intel X-25M included, aren’t up to server needs. Pillar replaced Intel…

… GB SSD’s, and that works fine. Also have an X-25M in my Macbook now; amazing!

How about using just one X-25M SSDw ith remote backup and NO RAID. Arent they supposed to be more reliable than a normal HDD. With that the cost should be low and I would think the performance should be good too. (ofcourse I am far from an expert here) Fuji

… if you compare this solution to e.g. 8 Intel X-25M 80GB SSD’s attached to 2 Adaptec 5805 Raid cards…