On 05/01/2014 05:07 PM, Ellis H. Wilson III wrote:
On 05/01/2014 03:57 PM, Prentice Bisbal wrote:
On 05/01/2014 03:43 PM, Joe Landman wrote:
On 05/01/2014 03:33 PM, atchley tds.net wrote:
Yes, but I don't want to buy a Dell just to get a NVMe unit. ;-)
Not that I am trying to get the dude a Dell ... but think of it as
very expensive shrink wrap packaging ... :^
On the bright side, a Dell box will be easier to open than a plastic
clam-shell package.
Dell is the only one shipping the Samsung XS1715 to the best of my
knowledge. Please correct me if there is some other place which is.
Samsung's the only one on the market with anything providing NVMe
right now. Should change within the year though.
But, as a word of caution, let's all beat this into our heads now:
Flash is not RAM. Flash is not RAM. Flash is not RAM. Not even slow
RAM. (Ok, NAND Flash is not slow RAM -- maybe you could get away with
saying NOR flash is slow RAM). If it ain't byte-addressable, it ain't
RAM.
Despite being the one who stated us down the NVMe path, I get this
warning. How does UltraDIMM work, then? Have they found a way to
byte-address flash RAM, or are they using some sort of translation layer
as a kludge? As I understand it, you could put it in a regular DIMM
slot, but I could be wrong about that.
--
Prentice
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