SSD alternative, 115MB/s write speeds

[Megalomaniac]

http://www.techpowerup.com/75490/Sharkoon_Introduces_Flexi-Drive_S2S_DIY_SSD.html

take a look.
its actually a pretty smart idea (maybe) it might hve like a 6 disk raid 0 though, so not very fault tolerant.

 

[MassiveOverkill]

When this comes to market, I'm getting one. Right now I'm using an eSATA card and an external Seagate 640 7200.11 in a Rosewill enclosure for our salesman's VMWare demos and although no one has broken the few setups I've made, I'm sure it won't be long before they break off the eSATA Express card by forgetting to remove it from their laptop. SSD's are still to expensive for SLC, and although this may be just as expensive in the long run, you can start off with 1 or 2 cards and expand it.

I love being part of R&D, get to convince my bosses to buy me new toys.

 

[Igthorn]

http://www.geekstuff4u.com/photofast-cr-9000.html

Something similar has been out for a while. From the pictures, the circuit boards look identical. The Sharkoon one may be from the same manufacturer as the GS4U one.

 

[Joe Average]

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=588929&highlight=usb+raid

Try that on for size... USB stick RAID... and it works pretty damned well too.