PMC Flashtec NVRAM PCIe 3.0 Card

[MiniKnight]

Has anyone used these? Seems like an updated and better ZeusRAM since it's PCIe 3 instead of SAS.

1M IOPS with NVMe driver PMC-Sierra Flashtec NVRAM Drive Review - Introduction

$270 on ebay. I don't know if that's good PMC Flashtec NVRAM NV1608 | eBay

 

[azev]

from the review it looked impressive, but it does not looked like the supercapacitor is included in the auction.
My experience with adaptec raid controller is that they dont sell just the capacitor, but you have to buy the whole kit including the nand module which are pretty expansive even on ebay.

I think if there is no compatibility or driver issues this would make a killer ZIL for ZFS systems.

 

[T_Minus]

This looks far from plug and play.

 

[MiniKnight]

This looks far from plug and play.

Aside from the capacitor, why is that? NVMe drivers are plug and play aren't they?