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Subject: RAM disk for ZFS ZIL? (Was: RHEL to FreeBSD file server)
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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.