Fusion-io's ioDrive: the fastest storage on Earth today
This incredibly fast storage solution from Fusion-io is made for servers, but could easily be repurposed for home use, if you’re interested in spending a few grand on the setup. The idea is actually very simple: it’s a NAND storage array that connects via PCIe. In most computers your PCIe slots are taken up by graphics cards, since they’re the only pieces of hardware that need the kind of throughput provided by that interface. Well, servers don’t need video cards and a PCIe interface allows for some seriously high bandwidth hard drive access.
Of course, this crazy thing isn’t for everyday use; the hardware is designed for servers that need the lowest possible lag time combined with the largest amount of storage available. The ioDrive comes in flavors up to 320GB, but that’ll set you back nearly 15 grand. However, for businesses and services where speed is all-important, any price is worth that extra bump in performance.