| From: | "Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Adam <adam(at)spatialsystems(dot)org> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: RAM Based Disk Drive? |
| Date: | 2006-10-31 19:48:00 |
| Message-ID: | b42b73150610311148p7d961f55k8eacefa2b621eddd@mail.gmail.com |
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On 10/31/06, Adam <adam(at)spatialsystems(dot)org> wrote:
>
>
> I recently saw a Hard Disk Drive that is really 4GB of RAM with and SATA
> 1.5Gb/s serial interface. It's basically a hard disk drive that uses RAM.
> It also has a battery backup, so if you loose power, you don't loose your
> data.
>
> Has anyone tried using this, and if so was there a noticeable performance
> increase?
you are talking about the gigabyte i-ram. in the database world, you
can achieve same thing (actually better) by sticking those ram sticks
directly on the motherboard assuming you are in a 64 bit environment
and the motherboard is decent.
the main advantage of the iram that i see is faster boot times (big
woop). call me when they have a version that does 256gb :-)
merlin
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