i've blogged a few times about Fusion-IO devices and my experiences with SSD. I've been thinking about the implications of large in-memory databases that retain persistence and transactional capabilities. Turns out the game may be changing long-term to an in-memory database model forscalability. I.e...

NOTE: There is an update to this article at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoftbob/archive/2010/11/08/pcie-ssd-update-optimizing-sql-backup-performance.aspx regarding the throughput I was able to achieve on my own configuration with the Fusion-io backup process.  Through some parameter changes on...