Todd Lyons wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 09:46:13AM +0200, Angel Marin wrote:
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>> If you have tons of cash to spare you can try HyperDrive
>> (http://www.hyperossystems.co.uk/). It claims 0.0011ms seek time and
>> 16GB support.
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> And if you have multiples of those tons of cash, go up to 504 GB worth
> of DRAM storage, connected by external PCI Express. It claims 3
> microseconds (0.003 ms) seek time, which is more than the HyperDrive
> above, however at 1/2 Terabyte, there's an obvious size advantage.
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> http://www.violin-memory.com/products/violin1010.html
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> Imagine throwing this on an Oracle box and putting the redo logs on it.
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> It also can use Flash memory which nets you 5 TB of storage but at flash
> memory speeds. It does not seem to have any kind of battery backup.
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> Regards... Todd
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> freedom is the first victim... --Stephane Bortzmeyer
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Thanks todd. That's a little too much. Probably a pci card with 8 gigs
of ram would be what I'm really looking for.
