With all the recent discussion of SSD's that lack suitable power-failure cache protection, surely there's an opportunity for a separate modular solution?
I know there used to be (years and years ago) small internal UPS's that fit in a few 5.25" drive bays. They were designed to power the motherboard and peripherals, with the advantage of simplicity and efficiency that comes from being behind the PC PSU and working entirely on DC. Something similar in a smaller form factor, similar to the drive bay sleds that mount one or two 2.5" disks in a 3.5" (or even 5.25") bay, with a small and simple power storage and circuit, would be great. Alternately, something that took up a drive bay and provided power for multiple disks in other bays, though that might be messier for cabling. It wouldn't need to hold power long. We could then use any SSD selected on other design and performance and price criteria. Does anyone know of such a device being made and sold? Feel like designing and marketing one, or publising the design? -- Dan.
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