Looking for more information on Violin Memory PCIe SSD

[hmartin]

Last year I bought two Violin Memory VIO-M1-LP PCIe SSDs from an eBay vendor:


Not much information is available on these devices, except some few articles (which read like a press release) from 2013. A year later, Hynix bought Violin's PCIe SSD assets.

I couldn't even find the PCI ID of the card (1a73:0006) in the PCI ID database:
04:00.0 Mass storage controller: Violin Memory, Inc Device 0006

At the core of the card is an Altera Stratix V (5SGXMA5H3F35C2N).

Thus far, I have been utterly unable to locate drivers for Windows or Linux, and these things are a 25W space heater without drivers.

I was wondering if anyone here has ever used Violin products in a past life and could point me in the right direction.

 

[Rand__]

I have no clue but i assume you sent them an email asking for drivers? Not helpful?
(assuming these are the guys :Customer Support | Violin)

 

[hmartin]

I asked the seller and contacted Violin support. Seller doesn't have drivers and Violin never replied.

 

[Rand__]

mabye call them ? last resort i guess; but maybe sth has a driver here

 

[hmartin]

Given that they were purchased by Hynix in 2014 and don't make the same product line anymore, I'm very doubtful.

 

[Rand__]

hm ok