Hard Rectangular Drives (HRD)
I do not know all the details on this but I found the concept extremely interesting. It is a Hard Rectangular Drive (HRD) which is very unique in terms of design and functionality. You can read more about it here and here. This technology is being developed by Data Slide. The first article goes on in stating the following:
DataSlide says the new technology would find first use in a PCIe-based card format designed for use in Oracle database applications. The PCIe format is necessitated by the extremely high performance of HRD; like RAMDisks and high-end NAND SSDs, HRD would overwhelm a SATA or SAS interface. The cost of such a device is unknown, but its capacity would be comparable to that of a modern HDD. |
