Quick as a flash: A quick look at IBM FlashSystem

Texas Memory memories...

The Storage Architect IBM completed the acquisition of TMS (Texas Memory Systems) in October 2012. The company (TMS) has a long history of developing memory-based storage products, based initially on DRAM and later SLC and eMLC technology. I looked at the ramsan range years ago as a potential customer and my abiding memory is the relative cost of the hardware compared to today's all flash systems. However, that was at a time before EMC had started to introduce SLC drives into VMAX and Violin Memory was only a twinkle in the founder's eye."