On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 1:42 AM, Erik Trimble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Brian Hechinger wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 03:02:43PM -0700, Erik Trimble wrote: > > > >> Unfortunately, we need to be careful here with our terminology. > >> > > > > You are completely and 100% correct, Erik. I've been throwing the > > term SSD around, but in the context of what I'm thinking, by SSD I > > mean this new-fangled flash based SSD. > > > > > >> In this case, I think we want the DRAM SSDs. > >> > > > > Yes, yes you do. I know I say this all the time, and I'm sure you're all > > getting tired of me, but I *really* wish Gigabyte (or *ANYONE ELSE*, > ahem, > > Sun, *cough*) would produce something similar to the iRAM, but with > 3.0Gpbs > > SATA/SAS and possibly more space, or at least newer, easier to find RAM. > > > > That would make me *extremely* happy. ;) > > > > I wish I had the money to bankroll something like that. But sadly, I > don't. > > > > -brian > > > > There's a small laundry list of things that I really wish I could find > some VC capital for (not much, either, may $1m at most), much of which > exists right now, but very feature poor/horribly overpriced: > > * PCI-card based RAM disk (ala iRAM), with 6-8 slots, NiCad battery, and > SATA II interface > * 3.5" LP disk form-factor RAM disk, SCSI Hotswap or SATA2 interface > * 5.25" CDROM-form-factor RAM disk, as above > * 3.5" LP disk form factor, SCSI hotswap/SATA2 and 4-8 Compact Flash > card slots > * Huge RAM drive in a 1U small case (ala Cisco 2500-series routers), > with SAS or FC attachment. > * 2.5" (or 1.8") drive on a PCI-card > > And, of course, the holy grail: a socket 940 Opteron with AMD-V > hardware extensions. :-) > > > > -- > Erik Trimble > Java System Support > Mailstop: usca22-123 > Phone: x17195 > Santa Clara, CA > Timezone: US/Pacific (GMT-0800) > > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > Even though I'm fairly certain I've already brought this up on this very list... http://www.fusionio.com/
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