Re: [zfs-discuss] New RAM disk from ACARD might be interesting

2009-02-16 Thread Will Murnane
On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 11:12, Tim wrote: > I wouldn't think grabbing 8GB memory would be a big deal after dropping that > much on the controller?? There being no sense in half measures, I ordered 12GB (i.e., three kits) of this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148115 Unfor

Re: [zfs-discuss] New RAM disk from ACARD might be interesting

2009-02-08 Thread Tim
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 1:55 AM, Will Murnane wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 23:00, Will Murnane > wrote: > > *sigh* The 9010b is ordered. Ground shipping, unfortunately, but > > eventually I'll post my impressions of it. > Well, the drive arrived today. It's as nice-looking as it appears in

Re: [zfs-discuss] New RAM disk from ACARD might be interesting

2009-02-08 Thread Orvar Korvar
Too bad. I will follow this thread. Me, and others hope you find a solution. We would like to hear about this setup. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman

Re: [zfs-discuss] New RAM disk from ACARD might be interesting

2009-02-06 Thread Will Murnane
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 23:00, Will Murnane wrote: > *sigh* The 9010b is ordered. Ground shipping, unfortunately, but > eventually I'll post my impressions of it. Well, the drive arrived today. It's as nice-looking as it appears in the pictures, and building a zpool out of it alone makes for so

Re: [zfs-discuss] New RAM disk from ACARD might be interesting

2009-01-29 Thread Will Murnane
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 22:44, Nathan Kroenert wrote: > You could be the first... > > Man up! ;) *sigh* The 9010b is ordered. Ground shipping, unfortunately, but eventually I'll post my impressions of it. Will > Nathan. > > Will Murnane wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 21:11, Nathan Kroene

Re: [zfs-discuss] New RAM disk from ACARD might be interesting

2009-01-29 Thread Nathan Kroenert
You could be the first... Man up! ;) Nathan. Will Murnane wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 21:11, Nathan Kroenert > wrote: >> Seems a little pricey for what it is though. > For what it's worth, there's also a 9010B model that has only one sata > port and room for six dimms instead of eight at

Re: [zfs-discuss] New RAM disk from ACARD might be interesting

2009-01-29 Thread Will Murnane
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 21:11, Nathan Kroenert wrote: > Seems a little pricey for what it is though. For what it's worth, there's also a 9010B model that has only one sata port and room for six dimms instead of eight at $250 instead of $400. That might fit in your budget a little easier... I'm co

Re: [zfs-discuss] New RAM disk from ACARD might be interesting

2009-01-29 Thread Nathan Kroenert
As it presents as standard SATA, there should be no reason for this not to work... It has battery backup, and CF for backup / restore from DDR2 in the event of power loss... Pretty cool. (Would have preferred a super-cap, but oh, well... ;) Should make an excellent ZIL *and* L2ARC style device

[zfs-discuss] New RAM disk from ACARD might be interesting

2009-01-29 Thread Janåke Rönnblom
ACARD have launched a new RAM disk which can take up to 64 GB of ECC RAM while still looking like a standard SATA drive. If anyone remember the Gigabyte I-RAM this might be a new development in this area. Its called ACARD ANS-9010 and up... http://www.acard.com.tw/english/fb01-product.jsp?idno_