Flash memory arrays are becoming one of the most common components in building high performance database solutions because of the lower latency and higher IOPS available. Violin Memory created a memory array that's part of the reference architecture for HP High Performance Database solutions, offering an far more cost-effective alternative to Oracle Exodata in a comparable configuration. Here Jake Ludington talks to Ken Hoppe of Violin Memory at Oracle Open World about memory array performance and how Violin provides flexibility for database solution design.
