The first time we looked at Fusion-io's ioDrive product, we offered the
notion that it was a "disruptive technology", that had the potential to set
the industry on its ear. Of course the ioDrive is an enterprise-class
product that showed the significant potential of PCI Express
direct-attached SSD storage but its cost was such that the mainstream
market couldn't possibly even begin to justify it, no matter what the
upside performance looked like. And then of course we heard of Fusion-io's
more consumer-targeted play, the ioXtreme, which debuted at E3 this past
summer. Obviously, E3 is a consumer electronics entertainment venue so it
became abundantly clear that Fusion-io wasn't only productizing their
technology for the enterprise space but for the enthusiast, workstation
professional and power user as well.

Today we've got a full deep-dive look at Fusion-io's ioXtreme PCI Express
Solid State Drive. Weighing in at a pricey $899 for 80GB (standard card),
it's definitely still a high ticket item but it's at least approachable
now, for those of you that have the need for speed as they say. Just how
much speed? And what about RAIDing a couple of these bad boys together?

We aim to quantify that for you, as well as a couple of the product's early
release caveats, in the pages ahead.

Fusion-io ioXtreme PCI Express SSD Review:
http://hothardware.com/Articles/Fusionio-ioXtreme-PCI-Express-SSD-Review/

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