Intel PCI SSDs

[Bozo]

Here

 

[CougTek]

It's cheaper and faster than top enterprise SSD like the HGST SSD800MH or Seagate SSD 1200 (both featuring SAS 12Gbps interface), but you can't fit as many in a single server though. However, fit two or three like that in a server with mecanical drives in the front hot-swap bays, then install something like Datacore SAN Symphony V on it and you end up with an amazingly fast SAN that can't be touched by proprietary SAN solutions costing less than an order of magnitude more.

 

[snowhiker]

Anand takes a look at the new PCIe Intel SSD here.

 

[LunarMist]

Anand takes a look at the new PCIe Intel SSD here.

So it requires Windows 8?

 

[Chewy509]

There are Server '08 drivers available... (which may require some mod's to the *.inf file to install)
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&keyword=dc p3700

 

[Bozo]

So it requires Windows 8?

The drivers that Chewy linked to says the drivers are required for Server 2012R2. Apparently the drivers are not native to Windows 8 or Server 2012R2. The drivers also work with Server 2008 so maybe you can get them to work on Windows 7.