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Basically four 250 GB SSDs (1 TB total) and a 256 MB cached RAID controller embedded in a shell that plugs into a PCIe slot. But with 600 MB/s reads, 500 MB/s writes, and 400 MB/s sustained writes.
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Basically four 250 GB SSDs (1 TB total) and a 256 MB cached RAID controller embedded in a shell that plugs into a PCIe slot. But with 600 MB/s reads, 500 MB/s writes, and 400 MB/s sustained writes.“Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get outâ€
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I used to have one of these for my old XT, it was called an "Above Board" (wakka wakka!) and it had like 16MB on it.
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I fail to see the benefit in putting it all together in one box
: expansion slots are few as it is now, with video cards taking up double slots.
Why not keep it apart: controller + 4 disks? Same performance, maybe more cable clutter, but less occupied PCIe slots... Heck, even many motherboards now have onboard raid, no need to add a seperate controller card... (ok, they don't always get full performance, but you get the idea).Comment
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Plus isn't there a new version of SATA coming, with comparable transfers possible? (and lower price...)
Besides, as I pointed out recently to one buddy who is in love with RAID 0...do we really need this kind of boost in performance in desktop machines? OS & pro apps are loaded at the beginning of the work, and with a lot of RAM...that's it. Ordinary HDDs seem good enough even for HD video/etc.
OTOH, from tests, it seems that game loading times, another bottleneck area, don't gain that much...
I guess, generally, we need changes in software to have noticeable gain in this area, and that won't be made for such ultraniche products.
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Yes, I know it's an old idea, but this is will be the first high-end consumer grade device released by a major PC peripheral player. That I know of at least.
@VJ, int RAID controller come with 256 MB RAM for caching, and you have to string cables around, and you have to know enough about RAID to setup the drive appropriately. Which is fine for us technical people, but for everyone else it's easier to just buy a packaged solution.“Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get outâ€
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the new SATA 3 is 6Gb/sec, PCIe has that beat easily. Also, no single drive can do the 400MB/sec sustained this card can do. Maybe future solid state drives, but none now. They need to be in RAID to do that.Originally posted by Nowhere View PostWe have enough youth - What we need is a fountain of smart!
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