SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
April 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Percona
Live booth #200 -- Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO) today announced
collaboration with Oracle on the development of flash-aware
interfaces for MySQL. These interfaces include NVM Compression, a
flash-aware interface that can double the usable capacity of Fusion
ioMemory flash while eliminating the performance impact associated
with disk-era compression and Atomic Writes, an interface that
enables more efficient database commits when running on flash
memory. Together, these flash-aware interfaces allow MySQL to
deliver up to 4x more flash endurance by streamlining commands to
help optimize databases for persistent flash memory
architectures.
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Unlike disk-era compression techniques, flash-optimized NVM
Compression shares the vast majority of the application code with
the traditional uncompressed database logic. By leveraging the
underlying architecture of flash as a memory tier, NVM Compression
significantly reduces the complexity of storage engines, which
allows for improved scalability and higher efficiency.
In addition, the well-defined interface of NVM Compression
allows developers to quickly introduce flash-aware compression to
their applications using versatile workload-optimized compression
algorithms. Once integrated into an application, NVM Compression
enables developers to help enterprises scale their IT
infrastructure to meet increasing data demands by effectively
balancing storage efficiency with customer workload performance
requirements.
"Flash-aware interfaces like NVM Compression and Atomic Writes
underline the significant divide between flash as a memory and
flash SSDs," said Fusion-io Chief Technology Officer Pankaj Mehra. "The value of enterprise flash
memory is maximized as a memory tier that enables unique
optimizations for cloud computing, big data, in-memory databases
and high volume transactions. Fusion-io is pleased to collaborate
with Oracle to make these interfaces available to the businesses
that use MySQL database every day."
"Oracle continues to lead MySQL innovation and is working with
Fusion-io to deliver flash-aware application performance," said
Tomas Ulin, vice president of MySQL
Engineering, Oracle. "The flash aware interfaces introduced by
Fusion-io update disk-era commands with code streamlined for flash
memory operations, significantly reducing latency and accelerating
performance for modern web, cloud and embedded
applications. Solutions like the flash-aware NVM Compression
and Atomic Writes interfaces continue to push the boundaries of
performance and efficiency for MySQL deployments around the
world."
The NVM Compression and Atomic Writes interfaces are now
available in the MySQL 5.7.4 Development Milestone Release (for
Atomic Writes) and as early access feature at labs.mysql.com for
NVM Compression. Fusion ioMemory platforms for MySQL database
acceleration are available from server vendors including HP, Cisco,
Dell, IBM, and Supermicro. The NVM Compression interface and other
flash-aware interfaces led by Fusion-io are being showcased at the
Percona Live conference April 1-4,
2014. For more information on flash-aware interfaces, visit
Fusion-io in booth 200 at Percona Live 2014.
ABOUT FUSION-IO
Fusion-io delivers the world's data
faster. Our Fusion ioMemory platform and software defined storage
solutions accelerate virtualization, databases, cloud computing,
big data and performance applications. From e-commerce retailers to
the world's social media leaders and Fortune Global 500 companies,
our customers are improving the performance and efficiency of their
data centers with Fusion-io technology to accelerate the critical
applications of the information economy.
NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements
in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, including, but not
limited to, statements concerning our flash-aware NVM Compression
Interface and flash-aware Atomic Writes, as well as the expected
capabilities and benefits of these and similar flash-aware
interfaces in connection with Oracle MySQL. These statements
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that the users of our ioMemory products and flash-aware interfaces
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