Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 17:08:36 -0600 (MDT) From: Jake Ott <jott@frii.net> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sold state drives... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907271708100.72714-100000@elara.frii.com> In-Reply-To: <00a601bed87c$8b25b0c0$0200000a@windows.cygone.com>
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that figure was for prebuilt drives, not for do it yourself drives. -Jake Systems Administrator Front Range Internet 970.224.3668 x221 On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Mitch Vincent wrote: > I meant to add this to the other message, so pardon this one.. > > Most Pentium boards will hold up to 2 gigs of RAM now I think, you could > just do it with a RAM disk and a backup hard drive. When it boots, copy > everything from the hard disk to the RAM disk and off you go.. > > Granted, it's not a pretty solution, but gives you the same access time > (probably 7-9ns depending on the board and RAM) but I'm not positive, I know > no one that has done that so I speak strictly in theory.. > > -Mitch > > "When all your plans fail, backup, re-group and press on. The only real > failure is quitting..." > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mitch Vincent <cygone@zoomnet.net> > To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> > Date: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 6:08 PM > Subject: Re: sold state drives... > > > >2 gigs of RAM is 20 Grand or solid state drives are? > > > >RAM certainly isn't that expensive. It's more expensive when you get the > >higher amounts on one chip, but not anywhere near 20,000 dollars. > > > >And you must be making a hell of a news server. > > > >-Mitch > > > >"When all your plans fail, backup, re-group and press on. The only real > >failure is quitting..." > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Jake Ott <jott@frii.net> > >To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> > >Date: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 3:11 PM > >Subject: sold state drives... > > > > > >> > >>Anyone had any luck finding solid state drives suitable for a news server? > >>Even the "build your own" from your own ram would work. Price is a > >>problem with the ones ive found so far, as ~2G was ~20grand. > >> > >>-Jake > >>Systems Administrator > >>Front Range Internet > >>970.224.3668 x221 > >> > >> > >> > >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > >> > >> > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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