>And lastly, no, spending $15,000 for a single "hard disk" from FusionIO is certainly not bragging rights. I'm pretty sure that middle management feels differe

>And lastly, no, spending $15,000 for a single "hard disk" from FusionIO is certainly not bragging rights. I'm pretty sure that middle management feels differently. I also evaluated a FusionIO, and told my client he'd be /much/ better off with a few intel X25-E devices instead. Much cheaper, and it's standard, so it's much easier to upgrade once newer/better stuff is out, or to get a replacement if it breaks after the support contract runs out. The FusionIO was faster, but both of them were so much faster than the spinning disk we were moving away from that I don't think it would have been noticeable in production.