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Hard Drive of the Future: Ram Drive

Posted by timothy on from the you'se-gets-what-you'se-pays-for dept.

benzick writes "3d Retreat has posted a hands on look at a 2gig ram drive called the Rocket Drive. Article blurb: Overall the rocket drive is the best in I/O performance I have seen. It outperforms U160 SCSI drives by almost a factor of two. Yet there are some drawbacks to the Rocket drive, foremost is the price, although listed at the end of the review is some alternative pricing options to make it less expensive. And the rocket drive can not act as a boot drive. Also, if you have some extra money to spend, you can use multiple rocket drives in parallel."

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  1. x10^2?! by i_need_no_nick · · Score: 0, Redundant

    OMG! I want one! How much?

  2. Imagine a ... by zelphi · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...

    Wow that looks amazing. I might actually consider buying one if it didn't cost twice as much as my current computer...

  3. Source code mirror by Istealmymusic · · Score: 1, Redundant

    system.ini:
    device=vdrive.sys /L:R /S:64M

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  4. Swap FIle by hoagieslapper · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I wonder how well a system would perform using that drive for their swap file?

  5. Applicability = affordability by yerricde · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Personally I don't get why people always expect products to have a really necessary use ;)

    If a product doesn't have a wide application, it won't enter full-scale mass production. If a product doesn't enter full-scale mass production, its price won't fall. If the price of a product doesn't fall, the person posting the comment will never be able to afford one.

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