RAM Disk Puts New Spin On the SSD 305
theraindog writes "Although the solid-state storage market is currently dominated by flash-based devices, you can also build an SSD out of standard system memory modules. Hardware-based RAM disks tend to be prohibitively expensive, but ACard has built an affordable one that supports up to 64GB of standard DDR2 memory and features dual Serial ATA ports to improve performance with RAID configurations. And it's driver-free and OS-independent, too. The Tech Report's in-depth review of the ANS-9010 RAM disk pits it against the fastest SSDs around and nicely illustrates the drive's staggering performance potential with multitasking and multi-user loads. However, it also highlights the device's shortcomings, including the fact that SSDs are more practical for most applications."
Re:In summary (Score:0, Funny)
It's slower, more expensive, but it adds nice blinking leds on your PC !
Re:solid state (Score:1, Funny)
Would you rethink your definition of fail if they were using a Sony laptop battery?
Re:Great for swap and /tmp (Score:2, Funny)
But just look at those doom 3 level load times! I DON'T HAVE 7 SECONDS TO SPARE!
(also, i use solid gold SATA cables so my data doesn't get dirty)
Re:failure mode (Score:3, Funny)
How does this thing handle getting the power cord yanked in the middle of a large write operation?
Since you didn't RTFA, you'll be happy to know that you can keep on gloating. The thing has absolutely no backup mechanism, no battery, no ability to write to a CF card. If the power so much as winks, all of your data is garbage.
Re:Great for swap and /tmp (Score:3, Funny)