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