Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753541AbXLDUwc (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Dec 2007 15:52:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751797AbXLDUwY (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Dec 2007 15:52:24 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:40842 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750964AbXLDUwX (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Dec 2007 15:52:23 -0500 Message-ID: <4755BE04.8030909@garzik.org> Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:52:20 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox CC: Chris Friesen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: solid state drive access and context switching References: <47548BF4.3010907@nortel.com> <20071203230629.725f4c7a@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: <20071203230629.725f4c7a@the-village.bc.nu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.9 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 550 Lines: 18 Alan Cox wrote: > For things like SATA based devices they aren't that fast yet. You forget the Gigabyte i-RAM. For others: the i-RAM is a SATA-based device that plugs into a PCI slot on your motherboard (for power), providing RAM+battery backup as fast as your SATA bus and DIMMs will go. Jeff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/