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

[davecason]

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 essentially a newer version of an iRAM box that uses DDR2 and uses a different backup strategy.

If anyone at Anandtech is interested in borrowing my drives for a review, please send me a personal message or an eMail.

 

[WarhammerUC]

where did you pick yours up at ? not many dealers has it.. i had a pair of iram in raid 0.. 8gb was good.. having something more than 8gb will be awesome

 

[davecason]

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 made payment via Paypal.

-Dave

 

[davecason]

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.

 

[DonNiger]

Nice! Have been looking for some time for a HW like this.
Gigabyte's production is a bit disappointing because of the SATA1 speeds.

ANS-9010 has a nice price tag (bad nice). And if you add the price you have to pay for the 8x2GB memory modules... For that amount you could grab several SSD modules.
But who cares (I don't but maybe somebody does). For me, ANS-9010B would be the most suitable version. I need it for benching only and integrated RAID controllers will stop responding after certain speeds. Maybe OEM versions can manage better, have not tested them.

I also went through several reviews, including yours and there are some weird stuff like: back up function. So it needs at least the same size of CF as internal memory added regardless of actual amount used. (You had 8x2048MB modules = a bit more than 16GB) Etc.

I think, I?ll grab the ANS-9010B version and find out by myself. I guess, I would be the first one in my country

 

[JJChicken]

Originally posted by: DonNiger


Nice! Have been looking for some time for a HW like this.
Gigabyte's production is a bit disappointing because of the SATA1 speeds.

ANS-9010 has a nice price tag (bad nice). And if you add the price you have to pay for the 8x2GB memory modules... For that amount you could grab several SSD modules.
But who cares (I don't but maybe somebody does). For me, ANS-9010B would be the most suitable version. I need it for benching only and integrated RAID controllers will stop responding after certain speeds. Maybe OEM versions can manage better, have not tested them.

I also went through several reviews, including yours and there are some weird stuff like: back up function. So it needs at least the same size of CF as internal memory added regardless of actual amount used. (You had 8x2048MB modules = a bit more than 16GB) Etc.

I think, I?ll grab the ANS-9010B version and find out by myself. I guess, I would be the first one in my country

Welcome to the AT Forums DonNiger

 

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[bendixG15]

Hey VOODOO.........................

Looks like a lot of work went into doing that review, lotsa good information.
Good Luck