Messages in this thread | | | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: Expand VM | Date | Thu, 23 Jan 2003 18:46:58 +0000 (GMT) |
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> > I've seen loads of solid state devices based on flash memory, but few > > that are based on battery backed DRAM :-(.
> There is a good reason for that: Power consumption. > > A large SDRAM disk would require refresh logic etc. So you will end up > with something closely resembling bad notebook PC.
I suppose it makes sense for portable devices, but would it really be that bad for desktop/server use? I was only thinking of about a 24 hour battery backup time - to keep the contents overnight, for example.
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