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Date:      Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:31:26 +1100
From:      Stephen McKay <smckay@internode.on.net>
To:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Cc:        Stephen McKay <smckay@internode.on.net>
Subject:   RAM disk for ZFS ZIL? (Was: RHEL to FreeBSD file server)
Message-ID:  <75d11b$h1cl9g@ipmail04.adl6.internode.on.net>
In-Reply-To: <20121115102704.6657ee52@suse3> from Rainer Duffner at "Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:27:04 %2B0100"
References:  <50A130B7.4080604@cse.yorku.ca> <20121113043409.GA70601@neutralgood.org> <alpine.GSO.2.01.1211131132110.14586@freddy.simplesystems.org> <50A2B95D.4000400@cse.yorku.ca> <50A2F804.3010009@freebsd.org> <20121115001840.GA27399@FreeBSD.org><20121115102704.6657ee52@suse3>

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On Thursday, 15th November 2012, Rainer Duffner wrote:

>> Do you have any recommendations for an NVRAM unit usable with Freebsd?
>
>I haven't tried it, but my bet would be on this one:
>
>http://www.stec-inc.com/product/zeusram.php
>
>It seems that various Nexenta-integrators are using this.
>
>To the OS, it should appears as just another SAS hardrive.

And at the low end of the market, has anyone tried this:

http://www.acard.com/english/fb01-product.jsp?idno_no=382&prod_no=ANS-9010BA&type1_idno=5&ino=28

The Acard ANS-9010BA seems cheap and, if not plentifully available,
at least available on ebay and amazon.

It's battery backed and will auto backup to a CF card, which seems
pretty cool for something that is cheaper than the big boys' toys.

Sometimes cheap is good.  Sometimes cheap is a disaster. :-)  Has anyone
discovered which camp this one is in, when used as a ZFS ZIL?

Cheers,

Stephen.



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