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On Thu, November 27, 2008 11:05 am, Grant wrote: |
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>>>> I'm considering buying a solid-state drive to improve I/O |
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>>>> performance and even reduce noise. Has anyone tried this? I was |
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>>>> considering getting the lowest capacity I can find and putting most |
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>>>> of the system on it. There is a roundup on tomshardware.com and it |
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>>>> sounds like some are very much better than others. SLC sounds |
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>>>> vastly superior compared to MLC, but also much more expensive. |
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>>>> |
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>> Typically the reports I've read have been from people using CFcards - |
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>> 4gig |
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>> is now unbelievably cheap, and CFcards talk EIDE with only a small, |
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>> cheap physical adaptor - on MythTV frontends & low-overhead servers. |
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>> CFcards look |
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>> ideal for these purposes because they're quiet - you want to minimise |
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>> noise 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 too |
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> expensive for awhile. How does CFcard performance compare to SSD or |
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> conventional hard disk performance? |
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> |
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> - Grant |
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Flash is pretty slow. |
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There are some expensive but fast SSDs out there. |
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I would wait a year or two. |
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