The return of the RAM drive - ACard's ANS-9010, DDR2, 64Gb Max

Stonedofmoo · 22 Jan 2009 at 19:38

Ah the RAM drive. I wondered if it would return but with flash drives about now I'm surprised to see it again.

A review here: http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/16255/1

Bottom line is expensive, still has the possibility of losing your data and completely saturates the SATA bus making it barely any faster than the Intel X25-E. Nice idea though

tibs · 22 Jan 2009 at 22:39

interesting read, cheers. Wont be getting one soon tho :-p

thepeganator · 23 Jan 2009 at 02:00

Wish we could all afford.

NickK · 23 Jan 2009 at 06:41

Stonedofmoo said:
Ah the RAM drive. I wondered if it would return but with flash drives about now I'm surprised to see it again.

A review here: http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/16255/1

Bottom line is expensive, still has the possibility of losing your data and completely saturates the SATA bus making it barely any faster than the Intel X25-E. Nice idea though

SSDs are screaming out for high bus bandwidth.

Stonedofmoo · 23 Jan 2009 at 07:40

Aye SATA 600 is in demand!

DigitalReaper · 23 Jan 2009 at 15:44

Stonedofmoo said:
Aye SATA 600 is in demand!

And at the rate things are progressing will be too slow by the time we get it

CaseyChaos · 23 Jan 2009 at 15:57

I did notice that they always need power so not portable at all and any power cut would wipe the whole thing

Zarf · 23 Jan 2009 at 16:04

SATA can't keep up with Moores Law. We need more work done on PCI-E SSD's, like the FusionIO.

NickK · 23 Jan 2009 at 17:01

CaseyChaos said:
I did notice that they always need power so not portable at all and any power cut would wipe the whole thing

The large black thing in the open case is a Lithium Ion battery (also a battery level indicator is present on the front

).

If I was designing a RAM drive I'd put a CF/USB slot in the front for flash. Then when the power dies and the device is on battery I'd write out the contents to the flash drive.
Once power is returned and the battery has enough juice in it I'd restore.. the problem comes when the battery is low and you allow writes..

Talrinys · 24 Jan 2009 at 16:10

DigitalReaper said:
And at the rate things are progressing will be too slow by the time we get it

Not even a joke though, the new SATA standard is painfully slow