ACARD Technology ANS-9010b

[CiscoCrushedMe]

Hi,

About a year ago i was at the skips and i always pic up a pc while at the skips because you never know what will be working or not. Well one of the pc's i had grabbed had some pretty nice hardware in it, and 24gb of ram so i was pretty chuffed. However it also had a ACARD Technology ANS-9010b, this has sat under my desk in a box until now when i decided to see if i could set it up.

http://www.2san.com/english/products03.jsp?idno=172&pg_id=17

The reason i am posting here is because this thread;

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=234368

Is also on this website.

I have watched as many videos i could find on this, and read as much as possible, however i have one question i have not been able to find and answer to. Is it possible to use this as an extension of my ram? Im currently running 16GB but have 12GB of DDR2 Modules spare. And was just exploring the possibilities.

Thanks for reading.

 

[aigomorla]

Supports ECC/Non-ECC DDR2 400/533/667/800*

😀

u can get server pulls of 4gb ECC modules on fleabay for pretty cheap.
That would make the system 4x6 = 24gb of ECC storage.

its not bad... it would probably make one hell of a cache drive, or a fast swap drive however you would be bottlenecked by the SATA3G ports.

Speedwise, i think a SATA6G SSD may probably beat it, would also be a cheaper option.

As for making it a extension of your ram, depending on the OS, possibly.
You could set it as a page file drive, in which windows uses it for page filing once u exceeded or near exceeded ram reqs.

If i had that drive, i would probably load it up with 24GB ECC, and set it as a page file / %temp / Browser Tempfile so i could hammer that instead of hammering my SSDs with temp file writes.

 

[CiscoCrushedMe]

Supports ECC/Non-ECC DDR2 400/533/667/800*

😀

u can get server pulls of 4gb ECC modules on fleabay for pretty cheap.
That would make the system 4x6 = 24gb of ECC storage.

its not bad... it would probably make one hell of a cache drive, or a fast swap drive however you would be bottlenecked by the SATA3G ports.

Speedwise, i think a SATA6G SSD may probably beat it, would also be a cheaper option.

As for making it a extension of your ram, depending on the OS, possibly.
You could set it as a page file drive, in which windows uses it for page filing once u exceeded or near exceeded ram reqs.

If i had that drive, i would probably load it up with 24GB ECC, and set it as a page file / %temp / Browser Tempfile so i could hammer that instead of hammering my SSDs with temp file writes.

Thanks for the response,

I currently have a 240GB OCZ Agility 3 6Gbps ssd, which im very happy with. I thought about setting it up as a page file for my ram but thought there may be a better way to do it.

I do however like your idea on setting it up to take temporary file writes to make my ssd's life last a little longer. Im terribly sorry but if possible could you explain how i could go about doing this, or even point me in the right direction. Im a networker and this is new for me 🙂

Thanks again.

 

[aigomorla]

Thanks for the response,

I currently have a 240GB OCZ Agility 3 6Gbps ssd, which im very happy with. I thought about setting it up as a page file for my ram but thought there may be a better way to do it.

I do however like your idea on setting it up to take temporary file writes to make my ssd's life last a little longer. Im terribly sorry but if possible could you explain how i could go about doing this, or even point me in the right direction. Im a networker and this is new for me 🙂

Thanks again.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...-another/19f13330-dde1-404c-aa27-a76c0b450818

To change the location of the System Temp folder, follow the steps given below.



1. Right click on Computer and click on Properties. In the resulting window with the basic information about your computer

2. Click on Advanced system settings on the left panel resulting in a dialog box click on the Advanced tab a

3. Click on the button near the bottom labeled Environment Variables.

4. You may see both TMP and TEMP listed in the section labeled User variables for (account). That's the common location; each different login account is assigned its own temporary location.

5. In the Variable value Edit box you may specify the path to the directory that Windows and many other programs will use for temporary files.



Be sure and repeat that process for both TMP and TEMP.

You'll need to restart any running programs for the new value to take effect. In fact, you'll need to restart Windows for it to begin using the new value for its own temporary files.


To change the location of the Internet Temp folder, follow the steps given below.

Note: That Internet Explorer moves cookies to the new folder and the old folder is removed. Additionally, the following message is displayed when you attempt to move the Temporary Internet Files folder:

Warning: Moving the location of your Temporary Internet Files folder will delete all your subscription data.

Create a new folder to store the files. For example, if you want to store the files in a folder named Ietemp on drive D, create the following folder:

D:\Ietemp

For information about how to create a folder, click Start, click Help, click the Index tab, type new folder, and then double-click the "New Folders" topic.

Start Internet Explorer.
On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
On the General tab, click Settings.
Click Move Folder.
Click the folder you created in Step 1.
Click OK, click OK, and then click OK again.
Restart your computer



You can change the location of Internet explorer temp folder; there is no security threat to your computer.



Hope this information is helpful.

Amrita M

Microsoft Answers Support Engineer