On 3/20/06, Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > While responding to email related to Bugzilla# 6163 [1], I took a look > at the Gigabyte i-Ram[2]: PCI card, where PCI only provides power to > some DIMMs. Data xfer to/from DIMMs via SATA cable. So, at current > prices[3] one can get a 1GB Solid State Disk for US$206: US$153 for the > card, and US$53 for 1GB pc2700 ddr. > > I'm impressed. I ordered one to help debug BZ#6163, but I think these > cards will help expose bugs in libata due to their high speed. With > these cards, we can push more data through libata than would normally be > possible with a standard disk drive. > > I've seen these for PATA before, but this is the first inexpensive SATA > SSD that I've seen. Let's hope its not riddled with hardware bugs > <crosses fingers>. I'll see if I can get Maxtor to buy one for me, then I'll be able to hook it up to a bus analyzer. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
