Solid Access has come up with a new initiative for the year 2007 and will publish USSD 200’s relevant performance test results of runs performed both in house and by independent third parties. These results will be presented as is, without editorializing on our part.

Initiative goals:

We also hope to help dispel some myths, for example:

At Solid Access, we go by what we can measure. We clocked up to 50,906 IOPS, 719 MBps on just a single FC (4Gbps) port. That represents an access time of 20 microseconds. The test run was performed on a host system running Windows Server 2003 and MS OS drivers. We have consistently obtained impressive results with the Microsoft Windows platform.

We chose LSI Logic adapters to get the most out of our USSD device. LSI gave us the ultra-fast HBA performance and reliability we needed. This allowed Solid Access to achieve a lead position in SAS interfacing of solid state disk appliances.

Our relationship with LSI has allowed us to support the Serial Attached SCSI since April 2005 -- more then a year’s head start, an eternity in IT. We had plenty of time to streamline our firmware to perfection. Now we have SAS connectivity in a robust and mature state, ready for the anticipated growth in mainstream adoption.

Future USSD 200 Benchmark Reports will continue to document the cutting edge performance of the Solid Access USSD acceleration appliance and demonstrate what USSD 200 has to offer. If you have an I/O demanding application, consider joining the ranks of those who have deployed USSD and experience an acceleration in the range of 100%-1000%.