14 DAY TRIAL // Fusion-io, a developer specialized in delivering high-performance Flash memory and software solutions for the enterprise market, has just demonstrated how its PCI Express solid state drives can enable a server to handle billions of credit transactions in a faction of the time required by other similar solutions.
The test was run on a 64-core AMD Server which was paired together with four 1.2 TB Fusion-io Drive2 PCIe SSDs and running the VSL software subsystem.
This powerful configuration enabled the system to reach a whopping 1.11 million transactions per second (singleton inserts per second figure) in a Microsoft SQL Server database.
Fusion-io’s system was also used to achieve 2.5 million updates per second which when applied to daily transaction requirements amounts to approximately 25 billion simplified transactions per day.
To put the transaction number into perspective, this is equivalent to all the credit card transactions projected to be made daily by every individual on the planet from now until 2050, when it is expected that the world will be inhabited by nine billion people, according to Fusion-io.
"Given how consumers are embracing online shopping, we believe this achievement showcases how Fusion-io can help meet demand for servicing more digital transactions with an efficient, rapid and reliable solution," said Neil Carson, Fusion-io chief technology officer.
"The transaction rates achieved in these tests demonstrate the high scalability and efficiency of today's Microsoft SQL Server databases when powered by Fusion-io," concluded the company’s rep.
The ioDrive2 series of solid state drives was released by Fusion-io at the beginning of October and can provide up to 1.2TB of storage space for a single drive.
Performance wise, the drives can achieve 351,000/511,000 IOPS (input/output operations per second) in read/write scenarios and read transfer speeds up to 1.4GB/s.