Thanks, that's something I hadn't realised. After googling, I've found this article comparing the i-RAM with a couple of SSD's, and the difference is quite something: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/ssd-iram_5.html
However, the SATA interface's limitations soon seem to even things out a bit: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/ssd-iram_7.html So far STEC seem my best option (especially if EMC see fit to use them). I'm trying to find prices now, but it seems their SSD's have quite a range of performance available, with the Zeus IOPS range being the king of the heap at 45,000 IOPS: http://www.stec-inc.com/product/zeusiops.php The Vmetro card would probably put it to shame in terms of throughput, but while I'm going to try I doubt I'll be able to get my hands on one, and SATA has its benefits in being a tried & tested technology. Thanks for all the advice everyone. I'll keep this thread updated with prices & details once the manufacturers start getting back to me in case anybody else is interested in this tech in the future. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
