Michael, SanDisk products should be available worldwide, aren't they ?
The U110 replaces the previous U100 series, they may be working through the transition now, keep checking. Lonnie On Oct 29, 2014, at 7:32 PM, Michael Knill <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Lonnie > > Looks good. Seems a little hard to source overall. > > Regards > Michael Knill > > > > > On 30 Oct 2014, at 10:27 am, Lonnie Abelbeck <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Fewer new x86 boxes are offering CompactFlash sockets as was the > defacto-standard for many years. In addition, the price of CF cards seem to > be going up. > > On the other hand many SATA SSD storage offerings start at 64-128 GB and > overkill for an AstLinux system and priced accordingly. > > Given that, we may have found a good SATA SSD that balances, capacity, price > and durability. > > SanDisk U110 mSATA/SATA SSD > http://www.sandisk.com/products/ssd/sata/u110/ > > Of interest are the mSATA and 2.5" SATA versions. For AstLinux testing I > have purchased a couple off ebay... > > mSATA - "SanDisk U110 SDSA6DM-032G" > http://www.ebay.com/itm/161405317721/ > > 2.5" SATA - "SanDisk U110 SDSA6GM-032G" > http://www.ebay.com/itm/151394742857/ > > The U110 include capacitors for power-loss protection: > SanDisk - Unexpected Power Loss Protection - White Paper > http://www.sandisk.com/assets/docs/unexpected_power_loss_protection_final.pdf > > And a small amount the the U110 flash is configured as SLC for a write cache > (nCache). > > The U110 2.5" case is plastic (not metal) but in some situations that may > help conducting heat from the bracket *into* the SSD. BTW, no mounting > screws are provided. > > So far in my testing they work well, I'm trying to abuse them :-) The > SanDisk U110 series seems like a good match for the boxes we use, but who > knows how they will perform longterm. > > The 32GB parts have an endurance spec of 20 TBW (TeraBytes Written), which > related to AstLinux voicemail storage often writes to disk the most... > -- > Voicemail Writes: 26 KB/sec (.wav, .WAV, .ulaw) > > Endurance: 20 TBW (32 GB) -> 3500 minutes/day, every day for 10 years > -- > So even if the 20 TBW is somewhat best-case there is plenty of margin for a > typical Astlinux system. > > The SanDisk U110 series also offers 16GB versions, at 10 TBW endurance, > somewhat less expensive but harder to find at this time. > > Finally, SanDisk offers a nice "SSD Dashboard" application, but only for > Windows, view info, update firmware, etc. . Though I was able to run it > using VMware Fusion on OS X using Windows 7 via a USB 2.0 connection and this > adapter: > http://www.startech.com/HDD/Adapters/USB-3-SATA-adapter-cable-with-UASP~USB3S2SAT3CB > > SanDisk SSD DASHBOARD INSTALLER (Windows Only) > http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/15108/~/sandisk-ssd-dashboard-support-information > > It is too soon to say if the SanDisk U110 SSD series is a great AstLinux > storage option, do your own research and try one if you want to test. > > Lonnie > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > [email protected]. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > [email protected]. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected].
