Application-accessible nvram/cache for Linux?

[Andrew Gaunt]

A USB thumb drive might be good for that...




On 6/21/07, Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Someone just asked me if I had ever heard of an Intel-based system
> with application-accessible non-volatile RAM.  The idea is that OS
> could move things out of swap and/or system memory into nvram
> (battery-backed is okay) in the case of a power failure similar to the
> way RAID controllers do.
>
> We have a RAID system with battery-backed cache which is about 1GB.
> I'm told that 1GB of nvram would be fine for whatever they have in
> mind.
>
> I've never heard of anything like this, has anyone here?
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Seeya,
> Paul
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