On Thu, November 27, 2008 11:05 am, 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
Flash is pretty slow.
There are some expensive but fast SSDs out there.
I would wait a year or two.
