From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 24 01:09:27 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE33A1065673 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:09:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 986D88FC41 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:09:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n5O19Pti018961 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:09:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:09:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:09:22 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20090624010922.GA24335@thought.org> References: <20090622230729.GA20167@thought.org> <20090623201041.GA23561@thought.org> <20090623205944.GA43982@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090623205944.GA43982@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22++ years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: Subject: Re: you're not going to believe this. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:09:28 -0000 On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 03:59:44PM -0500, David Kelly wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 01:10:41PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > battery-backed ram sound great for the time being! > > > > if not now [this minute], then relatively soon, i'm guessing > > within a few years somebody will have a solid-state device that emulates > > the current mechanical technology. it will wind up being considerably > > faster than the current drives and suck Much less juice. > > We are already there. SSDs are not slower than mechanical disk drives, > they are faster. The only detriments are 1) cost, 2) limited write life. FOUND IT: URL IS: Http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/SPD/runcore-64gb-pata-mini-pci-e-pcie-ssd-for-asus-eee-pc-901-and-1000---backorder-runcore-64gb-pata-mini-pci-e-pcie-ssd-for-asus-eee-pc-901-and-1000--800008DB-1224129741.jsp YOU were right about the cost. i thought it was half the $220. the 10k r/w cycle isn't that bad.... > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net > ======================================================================== > Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org For FBSD list: http://transfinite.thought.org/slicejourney.php The 4.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php