On Donnerstag 27 November 2008, Grant wrote: > >>> I'm considering buying a solid-state drive to improve I/O performance > >>> and even reduce noise. Has anyone tried this? I was considering > >>> getting the lowest capacity I can find and putting most of the system > >>> on it. There is a roundup on tomshardware.com and it sounds like some > >>> are very much better than others. SLC sounds vastly superior compared > >>> to MLC, but also much more expensive. > > > > Typically the reports I've read have been from people using CFcards - > > 4gig is now unbelievably cheap, and CFcards talk EIDE with only a small, > > cheap physical adaptor - on MythTV frontends & low-overhead servers. > > CFcards look ideal for these purposes because they're quiet - you want to > > minimise noise when playing back video in the living room, for instance. > > Great idea. If I'm only putting the main system on flash, I could use > a CFcard instead of an SSD. Storing music and videos on flash will be > too expensive for awhile. How does CFcard performance compare to SSD > or conventional hard disk performance? > > - Grant
well, harddisks go up to what, 100mb/sec? cfdisk - 18mb/sec?
