wojtek@3miasto.net ---
-> > 	I think you can figure out the speed increase/benefits. :-)
->.... 
-> and.. i think i can figure it's enormous price!!! now flash 
-> memory is more
-> expensive not only than disks, but than normal SDRAMs

-> > and it's volatile! disk must be nonvolatile
-> 
-> IIRC the clipper had a battery to keep memory for more than 12 
-> hours. Other manufacturers have a backupdisk included, I suppose 
-> in case of a power outage (either power failure or a shutdown of 
-> the host) the SSD would be backed up to disk. A system where 
-> such a device was used is supposed to run 24x7. 
-> 
	Yeah, I checked the Clipper's specs. It does come with a battery,
and you can get a 2.5" HDD in the Clipper for backup. Now, if you had the
cash, imagine this: a 1.5 gigahertz processor, 512 MB RAM, an 8 gig Clipper
drive, playing Quake over gigabit ethernet... Wow...
	Definitely a good option for those 25/8 internet/application
servers...

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-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Thomas Michael Wanka [mailto:Tom@Wanka.at]
-> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 3:32 PM
-> To: port-i386@netbsd.org
-> Subject: Re: recommended systems
-> 
-> 
-> Hi,
-> 
-> On 19 Apr 2001, at 20:59, wojtek@3miasto.net wrote:
-> 
-> > not better to plug 1GB RAM to machine and write software that will
-> > keep all in memory??
-> > 
-> In those days not too many Computers allowed 1GB Ram. Todays 
-> clipper 2 will allow 8GB per disk (16 dimm slots, if 1GB dimms 
-> were supported 16GB were possible) that could be combined by a 
-> Raid controller.
-> 
-> > and it's volatile! disk must be nonvolatile
-> 
-> IIRC the clipper had a battery to keep memory for more than 12 
-> hours. Other manufacturers have a backupdisk included, I suppose 
-> in case of a power outage (either power failure or a shutdown of 
-> the host) the SSD would be backed up to disk. A system where 
-> such a device was used is supposed to run 24x7. 
-> 
-> mike
->