i-RAM
Hard Drive Recovery - i-RAM
The i-RAM is a solid-state drive produced by Gigabyte. It has four dual inline memory module (DIMM) slots for using PC DDR RAM. The i-RAM connects via a SATA port.
Advantages
Since the drive is presented as a hard drive, i-RAM can be booted from directly. It offers fast transfer rate and access time. It costs less than the traditional solid-state drives. It has unlimited write cycles compared to flash memory.
Disadvantages
i-RAM costs higher than the typical hard drives and consume more power. They have comparatively lower capacity, up to 4 GiB. Because of the SATA interface bottleneck, it can offer a maximum sustained throughput of only 150 MB/s. The drive is not physically compatible with double-sided DDR RAM modules due to tight spacing.
Since DRAM memory is volatile, any loss of power will result in loss of data. The i-RAM is powered by plugging into a PCI slot. It also has a 16-hour battery, which operates when the PC is unplugged or there is a power outage. A long power failure or defect in the battery may result in loss of data.
The i-RAM supports unbuffered /Non-ECC DDR 200/266/333/400 MHz RAM modules of different capacities (up to 1 GiB), speeds, and brand for a maximum capacity of 4 GiB. It does not support for ECC, so it may lead to possible bit errors.
To sum up, i-RAM is very expensive per GB, but it offers a silent storage method with higher responsiveness and performance than a traditional hard drive.
