question about iram

[BirdDad]

I have read that the iram 2 will still be SATA1
would a RAID0 on SATA2 use the full 3Gbps of SATA2 even though both irams are SATA1?

 

[smopoim86]

that sux, the iram 2 isn't supposed to require a pci slot though, right??

 

[BirdDad]

right it is suppose to fit in a 5" drive bay

 

[BirdDad]

I plan to use them on a motherboard that uses an Nvidia chipset for raid if this helps

 

[krotchy]

your question doesnt make sense or I am confused. Sata uses individual channels per drive. 2 IRams in RAID 0 would use 2 SATA1 channels separately.

 

[BirdDad]

So it would add up to 3Gbps since they use individual channels and not be hindered by the SATA1 interface

 

[Idontcare]

I bought 2 i-RAM's last week and plan to do this as well.

My understanding from a couple months worth of research and trawling forums and gleening experience from owners is that this will work.

Also it is my understanding that i-RAM2 will be SATA-II (not SATA-I) and Gigabyte told me it would be out this coming spring.

Looking back to how their timeline for i-RAM came together, I take this plan to mean i-RAM2 will be in stock and available for purchase by late 2007.

 

[stm69]

Originally posted by: Idontcare
I bought 2 i-RAM's last week and plan to do this as well.

My understanding from a couple months worth of research and trawling forums and gleening experience from owners is that this will work.

Also it is my understanding that i-RAM2 will be SATA-II (not SATA-I) and Gigabyte told me it would be out this coming spring.

Looking back to how their timeline for i-RAM came together, I take this plan to mean i-RAM2 will be in stock and available for purchase by late 2007.

Don't remember where I read it, but I read somewhere that the i-ram2 was supposed to be pci-e to avoid saturating even sata2, has that changed?

 

[Idontcare]

Has not changed to PCIe to my knowledge. SataII and sit in 5" bay.

 

[BirdDad]

I never have read anywhere that this would be pcie
this is the first I've heard of this
A lot of potential users think that putting the fastest ram possible in these things is going to improve performance,they do not realize that the max is capped by the interface so using the cheapest(but reliable)ram would be best

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: BirdDad
I never have read anywhere that this would be pcie
this is the first I've heard of this
A lot of potential users think that putting the fastest ram possible in these things is going to improve performance,they do not realize that the max is capped by the interface so using the cheapest(but reliable)ram would be best

Reportedly you still impact the latency by your selection of ram.

Not that going from millisecond to microsecond access time is anything to be unsatisfied with.

But I read on xtreme forums that if you want to split hairs at the microsecond access regime then you can make an impact by loading your i-RAM card(s) with the lowest CAS ram of your liking, but it must be low by SPD at 266MHz speeds (or so I recall from the xtreme forums poster).

Could be all BS, could be true but inconsequential.

 

[tommo123]

if it ends up not having a proper controller (as in a slot in card ala SCSI) then couldnt they set it up to connect to 4 SATA ports? if i-ram 2 can use 8x2GB sticks of RAM and run @ sata 2 speeds max, then with a full bay of memory couldnt we connect it to 4 sata ports (4gig each as 'seperate' drives) and raid those? shouldnt that in theory (depending on how software raid takes to getting battered with that kind of speed) get around a gigabyte/second transfer rate with microsecond access times from a hard disk?

might be cheaper/easier than going for a dedicated controller.

 

[SuperNaruto]

I thought iram2 were scrapped... ssd is cheaper and larger..

32gb @ 300-500, 64gb around 800... price subject to market conditions..

iram doesn't support the good areca so they just hang.. iram works great on nvidia raid.. i been running 8gb iram since last march..

 

[Idontcare]

Ditto - 8GB on 2 iram cards in raid-0 on my asus striker. It is nice.

 

[tommo123]

so any official word on i-ram 2?

 

[Idontcare]

Last "official" word I got straight from Gigabyte was they were intending to ship the part "in the spring".

To me it came across as "no sooner than mid 07, lucky if it hits the shelves by 2H07".

By the way the gigabyte staff are quite helpful, just go to their website and ask them "when is iram2 coming out?" and you'll get told the latest.