HyperDriveIII info out there?

[nonlnear]

Are there any reviews or other info of the HyperDriveIII out there?

I'm not sure if it's really new, poorly marketed, or just vaporware.

Sorry if this is an old topic, but I did try searching first.

manufacturer's info is at:
http://www.hyperos2002.com/?affid=19129

If it's for real, it just might finally be the perfect consumer level solid state solution. (Bootable, uses plain ol' DIMMs, doesn't use expensive integration to get the form factor down - it's a 5 1/4 drive, and it's only $698.25 (+ PP and VAT) - a steal as solid state devices go.)

The only review they link is at bhreviews (which I'm not familiar with), and it's under construction...
http://www.bhreviews.co.uk/Hardware/hyperos_systems_ltd.htm

 

[nonlnear]

bump.

anyone?

 

[NEODARK]

That's the new version of the Millenium Falcon light speed engine right?

 

[insanarchist]

"Gramophone free design"...?

 

[nonlnear]

"Gramophone free design"...?

I believe they're insinuating that using a platter type system is outdated.
Personally, I wish this were actually the case.

Their forums seem to indicate that HyperdriveIII should be shipping soon.

One other thing I found on their forums:

All you need to add to the above is a £50 dedicated hard drive for the built in backup firmware to communicate with and you would have a very fast and affordable storage setup.

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a little more info at http://www.hyperosforum.co.uk/hosf/viewtopic.php?t=930&sid=19bc321fa0517dcc77740e9309e141c4
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Sounds like they're developing a winning product there. The only qualm I had about their RAM based SSD was volatility. Then again running hyperdrive as just an OS/swap drive, it'd be fairly simple to just ghost it regularly from a "stable system" image.

Maybe I'm a little out there, but I've always thought that a RAM/HD solution for solid state storage made much more sense for the consumer market than the enterprise type solutions which use gobs of high speed (and high price) flash. It's just that nobody has bothered to develop such a product.

Imagine having your OS on a drive which always gives peak interface throughput, and has essentially no access time. - for under $1000.

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And in case it sounds like I'm a little too excited, I'm just posting here hoping for someone who's got some more info on this product because I'm a little paranoid that this company is another Go-L...
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