Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] SSDs, swap, caching, other unusual uses
Date:	Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:41:25
Message-Id:	`32FC48A6-C371-44E3-BE28-5C67DDD7733A@stellar.eclipse.co.uk`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] SSDs, swap, caching, other unusual uses by Paul Hartman

1	On 1 August 2011, at 17:29, Paul Hartman wrote:
2	> ...
3	> You can also buy a hybrid hard drive, it is a traditional HDD with SSD
4	> built-in for caching. That is transparent to the operating system.
5
6	I looked at these earlier this year. They seem a good compromise of price vs performance.
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8	They're faster than a 2.5" SATA hard-drive, they're about 3x the price.
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10	They're about 1/3 "as fast" as an SSD, and about ⅓ the price.
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12	Stroller.