![]() Once downloaded install the Windows package: Fusion-io ioDrive installation – HP Support- Windows install Fusion-io ioDrive installation – HP Support- Windows Download One 3.2.8-HP-Windows.zip is the latest driver and firmware. Ther are two downloads for Windows Server 2012 R2. Fusion-io ioDrive installation – HP Support- OS select Search for the OS, in this case Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2. Search 600281-B21 (320GB SLC Duo), 600278-B21 (SLC 160GB) and etc for MLC parts: Fusion-io ioDrive installation – HP Support Part Number Search ![]() This is a HP unit which requires HP firmware. One needs to find the proper drivers and firmware to make these cards work. Fusion-io requires registration for driver/firmware download but these cards can be vendor locked. Fusion-io ioDrive installation – Windows – device manager not recognized Installing the Fusion-io ioDrive DriverĪfter installing the Fusion-io card into server,Windows Server 2012R2 does not recognize the drive by default. ![]() Each of the two cards should have around 75PBW of write endurance. It has two 160 GB SSDs on the PCI-E card. We are reviewing the SLC based HP 320GB SLC PCIe ioDrive Duo today. It was targeted for ProLiant G6/G7 server family and offered over 100,000 IOPs, read over 700 MB/s and write over 600 MB/s. HP introduced the PCIe-based Fusion-io ioDrive Duo Accelerator Card around 2010. Getting a HP Fusion-io ioDrive Duo to work with Windows Server 2012 R2 Thank you to Mark for all of your work on this. This guide helped me get a Fusion-io ioDrive 160GB SLC drive working that has both low latency and endurance allowing for over 460,000 full drive writes (75PBW). Recently, users in the STH forums have been finding amazing deals on the Fusion-io ioDrives and have been doing work to get these working in newer systems. Mark Ma is one of these contributors and has provided today’s guide on how to get a HP ioDrive working on a non-HP system. These drives were extremely fast, even faster than five year newer SATA III SSDs we have today. Likewise OEMs such as HP and Dell rushed to integrate Fusion-io drives into their designs. When Fusion-io released its ioDrive PCIe based SSD cards into the marketplace, companies like Facebook lined up to get ultra high performance storage.
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