Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:09:22 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: you're not going to believe this. Message-ID: <20090624010922.GA24335@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20090623205944.GA43982@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> References: <20090622230729.GA20167@thought.org> <a9f4a3860906231222r65faaf1cia6b68186c79f4791@mail.gmail.com> <20090623201041.GA23561@thought.org> <20090623205944.GA43982@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
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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
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