On Thu, Mar 25, 1999 at 05:07:54PM -0500, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 25, 1999 at 06:02:39PM -0400, David Maxwell wrote:
> > 
> > > Lots of people saying LFS + JFS stuff...
> > 
> > This isn't a direct reply, but along these lines, has anyone ever seen
> > a non-volatile RAM PCI card that a driver could create a buffer in to
> > survive system restarts? Seems like a simple enough idea that there
> > would be one out there already...
> 
> Yeah, I have.  NetApp uses them.
> 
> I don't know who makes them, but most NetApp hardware is pretty stock so
> I expect they do in fact buy them from somebody else.  I'd love to know
> who, but I can't tear apart any of the NetApps I have access to for long
> enough to be able to make a more educated guess.

This was discussed a few days ago on the toasters list.

NetApp produce the cards they use now themselves. In their early models,
they used a special-made EISA card from a company that sold ISA
cards.

They guys at NetApp couldn't really think of any company that just
sells plain NVRAM / battery-backed memory cards.


-- 
Soren