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  1. Re:How well does that perform? by wierd_w · · Score: 3, Informative · on Technical Details Behind the LAN-Party Optimized House

    If all the image needs to do is hold the basic OS and a single game deployment, why not pxe the whole image to a dedicated hardware ram drive, that can make full use of the sata controller?

    Acard has a number of such devices, and while pricey, would absolutely floor disk io performance in a game rig.

    There are quite a few other devices of this type on the market as well.

    Using these in the systems, you could still netload the system images to the game rigs with pxe, but when the image has finished being pushed, just reboot them and you have a bitchin fast row of locally booting systems. Power them off when they need a new configuration pushed.

  2. Re:Son of iRAM by (H)elix1 · · Score: 1 · on RAM Disk Puts New Spin On the SSD

    Got a ANS-9010 and played with a ANS-9010B. Registered ECC RAM does not work. Non-registered ECC RAM did.

  3. Re:Son of iRAM by (H)elix1 · · Score: 1 · on RAM Disk Puts New Spin On the SSD

    Got a ANS-9010 and played with a ANS-9010B. Registered ECC RAM does not work. Non-registered ECC RAM did.

  4. Re:How to Do a Real 4 Second Boot by Tycho · · Score: 1 · on Boot Windows Vista In Four Seconds

    Well, those goof balls over at Acard has just released a two new models of RAM drives similar to the i-RAM Box. The Acard drives use DDR2 memory and the maximum DIMM size is 4GB, the manufacturer mentions ECC compatibility, but I am unsure if ECC is used if available. Like the Gigabyte i-RAM, the Acard drives have a rechargeable lithium back-up battery, however unlike the i-RAM the Acard drives are capable of backing their contents onto a properly sized Compact-Flash card in the event of power loss. An external AC to DC power adaptor that plugs into the drive is also available separately. I think the adaptor is for preserving the memory in case of short down time from shutting off the computer or for sending a computer into suspend. The higher end model from Acard ANS-9010 and has 8 DIMM slots, 64GB is the total supported, and it also has 2 SATA 3.0 ports, each SATA port only has access to one set of the 4 DIMM slots, one should use RAID 0 to get the full capacity as one drive. Expect to pay $400 for the ANS-9010 with battery, but with no RAM or backup CF card. The lower end model, the ANS-9010B, has six DIMM slots and only 1 SATA 3.0 port, the maximum RAM is 48GB. Still, expect to pay a bit for the ANS-9010B, like $250 and with no RAM or backup CF card. Performance wise, the Acard Drives are decent and faster than the i-RAM, the results from SiSoftware Sandra benchmarks seem to indicate that the ANS-9010B is somewhere around 25% faster than the i-RAM. The SiSoftware Sandra benchmarks on Acard's website are deceptive because the drives used in each comparison graph changes. In any case, Acard seems to be aiming these drives more at the low end server market as opposed to "enthusiasts".

    Acard's page on their RAM drives:
    http://www.acard.com.tw/english/fb0101.jsp?type1_idno=13&type2_idno=67

    Acard's ANS-9010 benchmark page:
    http://www.acard.com.tw/english/newstabpop.jsp?idno=87

    Acard's ANS-9010B benchmark page:
    http://www.acard.com.tw/english/newstabpop.jsp?idno=86

  5. Re:How to Do a Real 4 Second Boot by Tycho · · Score: 1 · on Boot Windows Vista In Four Seconds

    Well, those goof balls over at Acard has just released a two new models of RAM drives similar to the i-RAM Box. The Acard drives use DDR2 memory and the maximum DIMM size is 4GB, the manufacturer mentions ECC compatibility, but I am unsure if ECC is used if available. Like the Gigabyte i-RAM, the Acard drives have a rechargeable lithium back-up battery, however unlike the i-RAM the Acard drives are capable of backing their contents onto a properly sized Compact-Flash card in the event of power loss. An external AC to DC power adaptor that plugs into the drive is also available separately. I think the adaptor is for preserving the memory in case of short down time from shutting off the computer or for sending a computer into suspend. The higher end model from Acard ANS-9010 and has 8 DIMM slots, 64GB is the total supported, and it also has 2 SATA 3.0 ports, each SATA port only has access to one set of the 4 DIMM slots, one should use RAID 0 to get the full capacity as one drive. Expect to pay $400 for the ANS-9010 with battery, but with no RAM or backup CF card. The lower end model, the ANS-9010B, has six DIMM slots and only 1 SATA 3.0 port, the maximum RAM is 48GB. Still, expect to pay a bit for the ANS-9010B, like $250 and with no RAM or backup CF card. Performance wise, the Acard Drives are decent and faster than the i-RAM, the results from SiSoftware Sandra benchmarks seem to indicate that the ANS-9010B is somewhere around 25% faster than the i-RAM. The SiSoftware Sandra benchmarks on Acard's website are deceptive because the drives used in each comparison graph changes. In any case, Acard seems to be aiming these drives more at the low end server market as opposed to "enthusiasts".

    Acard's page on their RAM drives:
    http://www.acard.com.tw/english/fb0101.jsp?type1_idno=13&type2_idno=67

    Acard's ANS-9010 benchmark page:
    http://www.acard.com.tw/english/newstabpop.jsp?idno=87

    Acard's ANS-9010B benchmark page:
    http://www.acard.com.tw/english/newstabpop.jsp?idno=86

  6. Re:How to Do a Real 4 Second Boot by Tycho · · Score: 1 · on Boot Windows Vista In Four Seconds

    Well, those goof balls over at Acard has just released a two new models of RAM drives similar to the i-RAM Box. The Acard drives use DDR2 memory and the maximum DIMM size is 4GB, the manufacturer mentions ECC compatibility, but I am unsure if ECC is used if available. Like the Gigabyte i-RAM, the Acard drives have a rechargeable lithium back-up battery, however unlike the i-RAM the Acard drives are capable of backing their contents onto a properly sized Compact-Flash card in the event of power loss. An external AC to DC power adaptor that plugs into the drive is also available separately. I think the adaptor is for preserving the memory in case of short down time from shutting off the computer or for sending a computer into suspend. The higher end model from Acard ANS-9010 and has 8 DIMM slots, 64GB is the total supported, and it also has 2 SATA 3.0 ports, each SATA port only has access to one set of the 4 DIMM slots, one should use RAID 0 to get the full capacity as one drive. Expect to pay $400 for the ANS-9010 with battery, but with no RAM or backup CF card. The lower end model, the ANS-9010B, has six DIMM slots and only 1 SATA 3.0 port, the maximum RAM is 48GB. Still, expect to pay a bit for the ANS-9010B, like $250 and with no RAM or backup CF card. Performance wise, the Acard Drives are decent and faster than the i-RAM, the results from SiSoftware Sandra benchmarks seem to indicate that the ANS-9010B is somewhere around 25% faster than the i-RAM. The SiSoftware Sandra benchmarks on Acard's website are deceptive because the drives used in each comparison graph changes. In any case, Acard seems to be aiming these drives more at the low end server market as opposed to "enthusiasts".

    Acard's page on their RAM drives:
    http://www.acard.com.tw/english/fb0101.jsp?type1_idno=13&type2_idno=67

    Acard's ANS-9010 benchmark page:
    http://www.acard.com.tw/english/newstabpop.jsp?idno=87

    Acard's ANS-9010B benchmark page:
    http://www.acard.com.tw/english/newstabpop.jsp?idno=86