On 12/19/10 15:00, Skylar Thompson wrote:
> Dell's PERC H700 and H800 cards support (but don't require) NVRAM cache.
> LSI makes the silicon for the cards but I don't know that you can buy
> them direct. We've only had them for a few months but we've had no
> problems so far.
>

It appears I was somewhat mistaken - the NVRAM on the card is only used
for long-term storage. The unit still has a BBU but its only purpose is
to keep the card alive for long enough to stage the cache from DRAM to
the flash chips.

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-- Skylar Thompson ([email protected])
-- http://www.cs.earlham.edu/~skylar/


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