[olegk]

C300 is definitely NOT the fastest SSD drive. There are a few that are much much faster.

1) FusionIO ioXtreme = 670/280 MB/s

2) FusionIO ioDrive = 770/750 MB/s, 140,000 IOPS

3) FusionIO ioDrive Duo = 1500/1500 MB/s, 261,000 IOPS

4) RamSan-440 = 4 GB/s, 600,000 IOPS

5) NextIO vSTOR S100 = 5.5/6 GB/s, 2,200,000 IOPS

There are many more listed here: http://www.storagesearch.com/ssd-fastest.html

[ojbyrne]

These are either rack-mounted or PCIe drives. If I look at the chart on that page, then the C300 is the fastest 2.5 inch SATA drive. I.e. its the fastest drive that can practically be added to a laptop.

[mey]

The RamSan and NextIO aren't internal storage devices, and while the FuisionIO are non-volatile they use the PCI-E bus. A quick glance does not indicate if they are suitable to be booted from.

(edit: all that aside from the cost of using any of those solution as a desktop's storage system)

(edit2: not condoning the article in anyway)