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i-Ram
« on: September 08, 2005, 03:47:18 PM »
Hum,
There is an interesting article about i-RAM, a memory solution/replacement of slow magnetic based Hard Drives…

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It just slots into a PCI slot and you boot directly from that…and very quickly…

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Re: i-Ram
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2005, 08:06:56 PM »
I would go for it if it wasn't for the 16 hour limit. I would need at least a weekend's worth of battery back up for it. I already have the SATA controller and I have 2 x 1gb DIMMS that I could transfer over and then upgrade memory or possibly even mobo+memory.
But the thing that is likely to be the deciding factor is the price. I would have to pay about £300 pounds for the card and the other two DIMMS.
The raid0 idea is really cool though. Who would have thought it...RAID0 DIMM/SATA Drives?
 

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Re: i-Ram
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2005, 08:03:49 AM »
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I would go for it if it wasn't for the 16 hour limit. I would need at least a weekend's worth of battery back up for it. I already have the SATA controller and I have 2 x 1gb DIMMS that I could transfer over and then upgrade memory or possibly even mobo+memory.
But the thing that is likely to be the deciding factor is the price. I would have to pay about £300 pounds for the card and the other two DIMMS.
The raid0 idea is really cool though. Who would have thought it...RAID0 DIMM/SATA Drives?


As long as you leave your machine plugged into a wall socket, the PCI will keep it alive.

But I have similar problems with the device...
1. Too expensive.
2. Too small (a 4gig drive?).
3. Uses a PCI slot.

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Re: i-Ram
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2005, 11:59:55 AM »
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2. Too small (a 4gig drive?).

4 gig, quite nice to run an OS on. No way to replace a normal hd though, indeed.
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Re: i-Ram
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2005, 07:10:04 PM »
Yeah,
That was the main point...

Though, i could imaging that a smaller drive could be used for paging files or application temp files (ie photoshop) or when the system tops out on the Mobo ram..

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Re: i-Ram
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2005, 08:52:37 PM »
If it didn´t use PCI then it would be interesting as a very fast disk for portable computers.
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Re: i-Ram
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2005, 07:41:36 AM »
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If it didn´t use PCI then it would be interesting as a very fast disk for portable computers.


My thoughts exactly.

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Re: i-Ram
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2005, 10:51:08 PM »
From what i understand it only uses the pci slot for power, i suppose other solutions are possible.