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