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  1. davecason

    Please Add Password Cracking to GPU Bench

    Anandtech has a real opportunity to help business users pick the best possible hardware for cracking passwords. Business and Cyber Security users often leverage hardware solutions to determine the passwords for office documents and malware-related archives. Adding OpenCL-type password cracking...
  2. davecason

    Self-encrypting SSD's

    Kingston just released a Sandforce-based drive that has built-in encryption. I would love to see some serious benchmarking on such a drive... Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6PTLFG43UA NewEgg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139920 Samsung also has a...
  3. davecason

    Software/database/method to work with 100-200 million row/3-5 column of data?

    If you could tell me how you want to look at the data, I can tell you the easiest way to process it. Right up front, you could easily bind the text file to a MS Access database (use the advanced button on the import wizard to skip any fields you don't need) and either pivot it inside MS...
  4. davecason

    What the heck? Attack Site?

    Safe Browsing Diagnostic page for anandtech.com/mobile What is the current listing status for anandtech.com/mobile? Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer. Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 2 time(s) over the past 90 days. What...
  5. davecason

    Google Safe Browsing is Detecting Malware on Articles

    Probably an embedded advertisement is at fault: Warning: Visiting this site may harm your computer! The website at www.anandtech.com appears to host malware – software that can hurt your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Just visiting a site that hosts malware can infect...
  6. davecason

    Mini PCIe SATA I, II, III drive reviews

    My Dell M6500 Laptop allows me to run RAID 5 if I use a Mini PCIe third drive like these: http://www.supertalent.com/products/ssd_category_detail.php?type=Netbook I would like to see some reviews on the speeds of these drives and comparison of full height vs. half height and different SATA...
  7. davecason

    ACARD ANS-9010B ramdrive

    Fusion I/O has the option to saturate the PCI-e channel it is attached to rather then dealing with the constraints of SATA. One trade for that proprietary connection is that it cannot be used to boot. I was considering buying a second one so I can set up a RAID0 with 4 drives, a RAID5, a...
  8. davecason

    ACARD ANS-9010B ramdrive

    I found another problem with my I/O tests is that every controller cheats a little with RAM. HBA's do it with specific RAM, and motherboards do it with system ram. I'm going to have to buy more RAM for my RAID controllers to see how that affects the results.
  9. davecason

    Hyper drive

    I just found out that the Hyperdrive 5 and the Acard ANS-9010 are the same thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...yperDrive#HyperDrive_5
  10. davecason

    Hyper drive

    The ACARD is definitely a better choice. Cheaper, by far, with more options. Here is my quick and dirty review page: http://www.wideopenwest.com/~dcason6634/Acard.html And here are some more I found in these forums: http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/16255/1...
  11. davecason

    ACARD ANS-9010B ramdrive

    That review was fun. It illustrates why I was interested in the drive: I want to use it with databases and massive data normalization. I have a team at work that has just recently purchased a massive i7-based dual qual-core Xeon system that we plan to try a few things with. The first...
  12. davecason

    ACARD ANS-9010B ramdrive

    I bought some really fast compact flash and the three drive controllers in my server makes my boot time quite long. You could also: Hit the pause key during boot and wait for the lights on the ANS-9010 to stop flashing. Power the drive externally (like I do;I keep it outside and use a power...
  13. davecason

    ACARD ANS-9010B ramdrive

    I used a 1MB stripe on my Dell Perc 5/i's and each one has 256MB of cache. The Promise ex8350 has 128MB of cache. The Perc does not have a non-raid mode, even with one disk. The promise card does have a JBOD mode for one disk but the performance was about 30% slower than RAID 0 with just one disk.
  14. davecason

    ACARD ANS-9010B ramdrive

    That is what I tried (trial version) and had trouble with. The 64-bit version worked fine before, I can't get the 32-bit to work now. That is fantastic. I will check into it. I know I can upgrade my Perc's to 512MB of RAM (and maybe more) but I am not convinced that the cache is the...
  15. davecason

    ACARD ANS-9010B ramdrive

    I was getting crazy numbers from a Ramdisk. I downloaded a trial version to try it again yesterday but it just wouldn't let me make a drive (I was running a 32-bit OS with 8GB of RAM so maybe it got confused). The last time I tried it was with a 64-bit OS and it worked very well. Questions...
  16. davecason

    ACARD ANS-9010B ramdrive

    I noticed that my results were a lot better than your sample, Mr. Idontcare. Note: I did not run my two iRams through the CrystalDiskMark because they just don't work in the Dell Perc 5/i's as they are SATA I instead of SATA II. I am moving this weekend so I don't think I will have time to...
  17. davecason

    ACARD ANS-9010B ramdrive

    I updated my site with the CrystalDiskMark results: http://www.wideopenwest.com/~dcason6634/
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    ACARD ANS-9010B ramdrive

    I will work on that CrystalDiskMark benchmark right now and post a picture.
  19. davecason

    ACARD ANS-9010B ramdrive

    I bought a pair of Dell Perc 5/i controllers on eBay last month for the purpose of testing the ANS-9010 with a RAID controller dedicated to each SATA port on the ANS-9010. I got around to trying them over the weekend and I confirmed that the controller is the bottleneck: using two controllers...
  20. davecason

    Review Request: More extensive RAM-driven solid-state drive review

    Another article: http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/16255/1 I read the above article but they didn't test with very good hardware (less than decent SATA controller). I bought a pair of Dell Perc 5i cards and upgraded them with the latest LSI MegaRaid 8840E firmware which really made my...
  21. davecason

    ACARD ANS-9010B ramdrive

    Another article: http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/16255/1 I read the above article but they didn't test with very good hardware (less than decent SATA controller). I bought a pair of Dell Perc 5i cards and upgraded them with the latest LSI MegaRaid 8840E firmware which really made my...
  22. davecason

    ACARD DDR2 RAM Disk

    Another article: http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/16255/1 I read the article but they didn't test with very good hardware (less than nice RAID controller). I bought a pair of Dell Perc 5i cards and upgraded their firmware with the latest LSI MegaRaid 8840E version which really made them...
  23. davecason

    Acard ANS-9010 Review vs non-volatile SSD's

    I bought four of these paired DDR2 modules to populate the ANS-9010 totaling 16GB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...&Tpk=F2-6400CL5D-4GBNT They cost me less than $10/GB.
  24. davecason

    Acard ANS-9010 Review vs non-volatile SSD's

    Contact Vicky Tien at Acard/2SAN: vicky_tien@acard.com Sales Engineer Acard Technology Ltd. USA branch office Tel: (714) 256-9389 Fax: (714) 256-9382 460 W. Lambert Road Suite J Brea CA 92821 USA I purchased my items directly from them. They were exceptionally easy to work with. I...
  25. davecason

    ACARD DDR2 RAM Disk

    I have to get a compatible video card: my server is running a 6-year-old remote management card (Megarac G2) that doesn't cut the mustard for that software. In the mean time, enjoy the following complements of Acard: http://www.acard.com.tw/english/newstabpop.jsp?idno=87 I can tell you...
  26. davecason

    ACARD DDR2 RAM Disk

    Pick your poison: Is there any particular benchmark you would like me to run to test the random writes?
  27. davecason

    ACARD DDR2 RAM Disk

    I bought an ANS-9010: http://www.acard.com/english/fb01-batcar.jsp# Prices are listed. Sample results running both SATA ports in RAID0 against two iRAMS: http://www.wideopenwest.com/~dcason6634/Acard.html They are just slightly faster than an iRAM... but they have more slots and use...
  28. davecason

    Acard ANS-9010 Review vs non-volatile SSD's

    I picked up an Acard ANS-9010 and a 9012. They are both pretty neat. Here is a quick ANS-9010 vs iRam comparison: http://www.wideopenwest.com/~dcason6634/Acard.html If anyone is interested in a contact at Acard/2SAN so they can buy their own, please post a reply. The ANS-9010 is...
  29. davecason

    Review Request: More extensive RAM-driven solid-state drive review

    wmaciv, My iRam's top-out at around 120 MB/s, too, but it does vary with the SATA controller I attach them to. The Acard is a bit faster but, again, it depends on what is attached to. In addition, the Acard ANS-9010 seems to perform very poorly in forced SATA I mode (but I am still...
  30. davecason

    Review Request: More extensive RAM-driven solid-state drive review

    I picked up an Acard ANS-9010 and a 9012. They are both pretty neat. Here is a quick ANS-9010 vs iRam comparison: http://www.wideopenwest.com/~dcason6634/Acard.html If anyone is interested in a contact at Acard/2SAN so they can buy their own, please post a reply. The ANS-9010 is...
  31. davecason

    Review Request: More extensive RAM-driven solid-state drive review

    For the question: And, am I correct that i-RAM does NOT work at all without that custom battery installed, charged and fully operational? No. The iRAM works just fine without a battery... but if I lose PCI power (i.e. my server is unplugged), I lose the data. With a pair of the iRAMs...
  32. davecason

    Review Request: More extensive RAM-driven solid-state drive review

    I have two iRams and one of the two had a battery die... it took about 14 months. It did something really scary... after I noticed it was not working, I pulled the card out and the battery had expanded to nearly 150% of its original size. I was afraid it might explode so I took it to a...
  33. davecason

    Review Request: More extensive RAM-driven solid-state drive review

    The 9010 has a battery and a compact flash backup.
  34. davecason

    Review Request: More extensive RAM-driven solid-state drive review

    Acard told me that the 9010 would be out in the 4th quarter of this year. The best thing about these devices, as compared to the iRam (I have two) is that they use DDR2 which is much less expensive than DDR.
  35. davecason

    Review Request: More extensive RAM-driven solid-state drive review

    9010 is like the iRam box... but it has two SATA interfaces and two sets of memory banks for a maximum of 8 sticks of RAM. Acard may release two varieties of this device but they were not clear about what the differences will be. 9011 is a smaller device, the size of a hard drive. I can't...
  36. davecason

    Review Request: More extensive RAM-driven solid-state drive review

    Acard sent me another email and said the ANS-9011 will not be available until Q1. There will be two versions of the ANS-9010: One with two SATA ports (acting like two drives) with 8 RAM slots. One with only one SATA port The pictures I found show the version with two SATA ports. I...
  37. davecason

    Review Request: More extensive RAM-driven solid-state drive review

    Acard just sent me an email. They expect to have samples on the ANS-9010 and ANS-9011 in August 2008 and a official release date of September 2008. We will have to wait a few months. Last week I called Gigabyte in the United States to see if they could help me with a new battery for one of...
  38. davecason

    Review Request: More extensive RAM-driven solid-state drive review

    Finally! Pictures of the ACARD ANS-9010: http://babelfish.yahoo.com/tra..._en&btnTrUrl=Translate AND http://translate.google.com/tr...%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us The device is like an iRam (or iRam-Box) with DDR2 in a 5.25" drive bay container. It has both a battery for maintaining the data...
  39. davecason

    Supermicro H8DCE does not like the gigabyte iRam

    I'm looking for ideas. I enjoy solving unusual problems... mostly because it leads me to information that is useful in the future. I am most curious as to why a drive would not be properly recognized by the drive controller.
  40. davecason

    Supermicro H8DCE does not like the gigabyte iRam

    Here is my situation: I have an nForce Pro 4 motherboard, the Supermicro H8DCE. http://www.supermicro.com/Aplu...teron/nForce/H8DCE.cfm I have a pair of Gigabyte gc-Ramdisks with 4GB of RAM each. When I plug these directly into the motherboard, the system boots slowly and does not...