Re: project

[keithhar@eb5ts4.EBay.Sun.COM (Keith Hargrove)]

In article <gj38901@pro-nsdapple.cts.com> clueung@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Chantha Lueung) writes:
>Here's an idea instead of hard drives with moving parts...How about
>building a digital scsi drive with chips instead of a platter, less energy,
>fast, and include like a battery backup that keep the drive alive for
>months or years incase of power failure.  Have a self diagnostic program
>built in for easy servicing....  and other things...  just an Idea :)
>

It has been done and is on the market it uses more energy and is $$$$$$$
figure 1$ a meg for a standard drive and 35$+ a meg for a ram based drive
they use a lot of power and can not be left off for very long due to the high
current draw on the battery but they are fast with about 200ns access time