Evaluator Group analyst Randy Kerns says there is plenty of room for opportunity in this space for TMS, Imperial, and other players like Platypus Technology Inc. and Solid Data Systems. While the market for SSD systems, which dates back to the 1970s, slowed dramatically a couple of years ago in the mainframe space, he says it's experiencing a resurgence today in the open systems space. The market has been growing continuously, he says. Its not huge, but its a good market Theres plenty of opportunity.
Whats really going to open up the SSD market, according to Harries, will be software vendors providing applications that can run at the speeds available with SSD. Some are putting their toe in the water, he says, mentioning FalconStor Software Inc.s (Nasdaq: FALC) HotZone software. Were still waiting for something to make SSD more usable.
SSD systems consist of synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM) modules designed to eliminate I/O bottlenecks for high-performance applications, like online transaction processing, online analytical processing, modeling, and heavy-duty video servers. But while these systems deliver much better I/O performance, as well as more efficient small-block random writes than do magnetic disks, SSDs have typically been much more expensive per megabyte.
Prices, however, are coming down. TMSs new 16-Gbyte RamSan-320, for instance, has a list price of $36,000, or just over $2,000 per Gbyte. That compares to the companys 8-Gbyte RamSan-220, launched in February, which costs $45,000.
The RamSan-320, available now in the U.S. and Canada, includes between two and eight 2-Gbit Fibre Channel ports, hot-swappable disk drives and power supplies, redundant batteries and fans, and can be managed using secure Telnet, browser interface, or standard SNMP software, the company says.
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