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Yea but I didn't see him mentioning the ioDrive at all, or did I miss it in the haystack ?!

blasdel 18y ago
The ioDrive is targeted at people who already have a million+ dollars invested in their database servers. Nobody's going to use it in their workstation, much less one running Windows, and there's no way to stuff it in a laptop.
- catch23 18y ago
  The ioDrive isn't that expensive though... you don't need a million dollars. Their 80gig model is around $2500 so anyone who is building one of those "ultra-fast" gaming rigs probably wouldn't mind dropping $2500 to speed up the slowest part of a computer (usually)
  - stcredzero 18y ago
    How big is the build directory? You can get a ANS-9010 and 8 gig of DDR RAM to put in it for something like 1/3rd that price. Plus, it will never slow down on you.
    - lasthemy1 18y ago
      You also have to consider tools used to build and test, and any DLLs used. Theoretically for something used frequently, it should stay in memory, but I have no idea how well that works in practice when doing a large build.
      - stcredzero 18y ago
        ANS-9010 is a RAM drive, that presents DDR RAM as a SATA drive. You can configure it up to 64 gigabytes, but at that price it's prohibitive. You can buy its little brother, the ANS-9010B, which only has 6 slots for memory and tops out at 24 GB. Many shops will be able to fit the most frequently used 20% of their toolset onto a small disk drive like this. if the most frequently used 20% of their toolset represents 80% of their development wait, this is still a big win.
  - wmf 18y ago
    But what is the performance delta between a $2,400 ioDrive and a $400 X25-M for an "ultra-fast" gaming rig? I actually own an ioDrive (not for personal use) and it's hard to find a real workload that can saturate it. I think some people here are on the wrong end of Amdahl's Law.
- sokoloff 18y ago
  We're seriously considering putting them in developer desktops, but are waiting to test the ioXtreme (a slightly downmarket product from the same company). 2 grand to dramatically improve developer productivity isn't that big a deal (the other top contender is 1 or 2 X25-Es, so the upcharge is at/under 2K)
- paddy_m 18y ago
  It will be in my next workstation too. computers are cheap, even the io drive is cheap compared to what fast components used to cost.

The ioDrive is targeted at people who already have a million+ dollars invested in their database servers. Nobody's going to use it in their workstation, much less one running Windows, and there's no way to stuff it in a laptop.

catch23 18y ago
The ioDrive isn't that expensive though... you don't need a million dollars. Their 80gig model is around $2500 so anyone who is building one of those "ultra-fast" gaming rigs probably wouldn't mind dropping $2500 to speed up the slowest part of a computer (usually)
- stcredzero 18y ago
  How big is the build directory? You can get a ANS-9010 and 8 gig of DDR RAM to put in it for something like 1/3rd that price. Plus, it will never slow down on you.
  - lasthemy1 18y ago
    You also have to consider tools used to build and test, and any DLLs used. Theoretically for something used frequently, it should stay in memory, but I have no idea how well that works in practice when doing a large build.
    - stcredzero 18y ago
      ANS-9010 is a RAM drive, that presents DDR RAM as a SATA drive. You can configure it up to 64 gigabytes, but at that price it's prohibitive. You can buy its little brother, the ANS-9010B, which only has 6 slots for memory and tops out at 24 GB. Many shops will be able to fit the most frequently used 20% of their toolset onto a small disk drive like this. if the most frequently used 20% of their toolset represents 80% of their development wait, this is still a big win.
- wmf 18y ago
  But what is the performance delta between a $2,400 ioDrive and a $400 X25-M for an "ultra-fast" gaming rig? I actually own an ioDrive (not for personal use) and it's hard to find a real workload that can saturate it. I think some people here are on the wrong end of Amdahl's Law.
sokoloff 18y ago
We're seriously considering putting them in developer desktops, but are waiting to test the ioXtreme (a slightly downmarket product from the same company). 2 grand to dramatically improve developer productivity isn't that big a deal (the other top contender is 1 or 2 X25-Es, so the upcharge is at/under 2K)
paddy_m 18y ago
It will be in my next workstation too. computers are cheap, even the io drive is cheap compared to what fast components used to cost.