[Asterisk-Users] Re: update - 512 Simultaneous Calls with Digital Recording

[Matt Roth]

Luki wrote:

>>Has anyone seen these solid state "Drives" from gigabyte yet? -
>>http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=224&type=expert&pid=3
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>
>Interesting device. Looks like the burst throughput is right on par
>with good drives, but you have better sustained throughput and
>obviously near zero latency. But what truly is the advantage compared
>to having 4 GB (dedicated) RAM in the machine and making a RAM disk
>with it? You need the RAM either way and that ought to be at least as
>fast as this card on a 33 MHz PCI bus. You loose the "non-volatile"
>advantage but that's about it, no?
>
>--Luki
>
Luki,

Assuming that this device is seen as a drive by the OS, you wouldn't 
need to worry about your RAM disk fitting into the 4 GB memory 
limitation of 32-bit architectures.

Currently the card itself has a 4 GB limit, but that number should grow 
over time.

Matthew Roth
InterMedia Marketing Solutions
Software Engineer and Systems Developer