{"id":645348,"date":"2013-03-05T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=616988"},"modified":"2013-03-05T17:20:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T22:20:00","slug":"emc-further-embraces-in-server-flash-storage-with-more-memory-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/645348","title":{"rendered":"EMC further embraces in-server flash storage with more memory cards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a day after Violin Memory announced<\/a> a new line of PCI-Express flash memory cards to provide quick-to-access storage inside servers, EMC said<\/a> Tuesday it will offer new PCIe cards of its own.<\/p>\n

EMC’s new XtremSF PCIe cards<\/a> come in a few sizes. Enterprise multi-level-cell models with 550GB and a 2.2TB capacities are now available, and 700GB and 1.4TB models will come in the second quarter of the year. More sizes will follow. Last year EMC introduced<\/a> two PCIe cards — 350GB and 700GB — under the name VFCache. Those two have joined the XtremSF line alongside the four new cards, said Barry Ader, general manager of EMC’s flash business unit.<\/p>\n

EMC and others in the data center storage market have turned nearly 180 degrees from where they were just a few years ago, when they decried in-server flash memory from such companies as Fusion-io and sang the praises of separate flash memory arrays instead. Server-side storage eliminates the bottleneck between the processor and storage in separate boxes, decreasing latency.<\/p>\n

It’s also a reaction to a fast-growing market, with webscale companies such as Facebook spending for fast-acting server-side flash storage. Fusion-io reported a 43 percent gain in year-to-year revenue for the fourth quarter of 2012, coming in at $120.5 million, according to figures on file<\/a> with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n

With more products coming into the flash PCIe market, prices could fall further, accelerating enterprise adoption. Then again, companies could still find a way to compete in this new market by offering different capabilities, which mean other companies would need to jump in before prices race to the bottom.<\/p>\n

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