On 28 Jul 2009, at 18:52, Grant wrote:
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Is cost-savings the advantage of using CF instead of SSD? It sounds
like it might be wiser to spend a little more (low capacity SSD drives
are pretty cheap now) and have a real storage device that doesn't need
an adapter and is much faster, can swap, etc.
I assumed that you're looking at £100 or more for an SSD, as opposed
to < £10 for a CF card. I didn't check those prices, however.
Are SSDs really *that* much better than CF cards in terms of write
cycles? (i.e. swap)
How much swap are you actually using?
If the box is just a NAS, then I can't see the speed of the system
drive is an issue *at all*.
Stroller.
EDIT: I just checked & a 32gig SATA SSD is £75 including VAT here. The
headline price is £66, and if it wasn't for the sales tax I'd just
about consider that much for the convenience. An 8gig CF card is £8,
and that's perfectly ample space for a headless server. FWIW I went
for hardware RAID - secondhand 3ware 9500S - & conventional SATA hard-
drives.
