Re: Ultra-cheap NVRAM device

fbsd@drivefaster.net (Dan Harris) writes:
> On Oct 3, 2005, at 5:02 AM, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote:
>
>> I thought this might be interesting, not the least due to the
>> extremely low
>> price ($150 + the price of regular DIMMs):
>
> Replying before my other post came through.. It looks like their
> benchmarks are markedly improved since the last article I read on
> this.  There may be more interest now..

It still needs a few more generations worth of improvement.

1.  It's still limited to SATA speed
2.  It's not ECC smart

What I'd love to see would be something that much smarter, or, at
least, that pushes the limits of SATA speed, and which has both a
battery on board and enough CF storage to cope with outages.
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