I keep seeing PCI-X based options pop up on Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/24/ocz-gets-official-with-z-drive-pci-express-ssd/
Not sure on pricing for these, but it may be a good idea to add them to your list of things to research. On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Nemo Nihil <[email protected]> wrote: > If you're looking for speed & low latency, there are also these (ACARD > ANS-9010): > > > http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=308&Itemid=60 > > As long as you verify the memory modules you put in them are good from the > start, they should be able to happily chunk away almost indefinitely. > > John McKelvey wrote: > >> Folks, >> >> Rather than rewrite one of my codes so that a lot of data would be stored >> in memory rather that being repeatedly read from current 7200 RPM disk, I am >> wondering about using an SSD because of apparent I/O speedup possibilities. >> Question: What about SSD durability or expected lifetime? I've some >> concerns about this. >> >> Thanks1 >> >> John McKelvey >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fwlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org > -- ----- Jonathan Bartels
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