London, UK, 17th August 2010 – Die Linux Foundation, Non-Profit-Organisation die sich für die Verbreitung von Linux einsetzt, hat angekündigt, daß der Hersteller von SSDs, Texas Memory Systems, TMS (gegründet 1978) als neues Mitglied dem Verband beigetreten ist
TMS liefert mit der RamSan – Produktlinie hochleistungsfähige SSDs Technik, entwickelt für I/O-intensive Workloads in Rechenzentren und virtualisierten Storage-/Serverpools (scalable, low-latency messaging / high throughput) basierend auf PCI-e Technologie. Nachfolgend Auszüge aus der Originalmeldung von TMS: “Instead of a rotating mechanical disk, SSDs use memory chips (typically DDR RAM or Flash Memory) to read and write data. These drives eliminate the mechanical limitations and latency of hard disk drives and allow storage speeds to catch up with the speed of today’s processors, thereby improving performance and productivity. With SSDs, applications can accommodate more concurrent users and simultaneous transactions and can be more economical than adding monolithic RAID, servers, RAM, or constant application tuning.
Texas Memory Systems will work with The Linux Foundation and the Linux kernel community to help ensure that its SSDs are supported in the mainline kernel, which benefits Texas Memory Systems’ customers using Linux who will have support for their drives “out-of-the-box.” The company's efforts to upstream the Linux driver for supporting PCI-e SSD drives are part of an industry effort it is leading to ensure all storage manufacturers have support for new storage devices in the mainline Linux kernel.
“Texas Memory Systems is pushing the limits on enterprise storage and support,” said Amanda McPherson, vice president of marketing and developer programs, The Linux Foundation. “Solid State Disks are the future of data storage, and The Linux Foundation is eager to work with leaders like Texas Memory Systems to optimise this technology for Linux."