The VMA-series Memory Array (VMA) is a 3U appliance that provides solid state storage to servers. The VMA-series memory array eliminates the seek-bound limitations of rotating disk storage and delivers significant application performance benefits over traditional storage systems that utilize hundreds of hard disk drives (HDDs). VMA-series memory arrays have practically unlimited scalability – the very large capacities that can be created with VMA-series arrays enable users to place entire databases into solid state memory without needing to architect their solution around limited capacity solid state drives.