Re: [9fans] Venti flash device?

["John Floren" <slawmaster@gmail.com>]

On 2/26/07, David Leimbach <leimy2k@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/26/07, Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:
> > On 2/26/07, erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com> wrote:
> > > you might want a cf:pata adaptor.  if you really need sata, chain a
> > > sata:pata adaptor.  it's a bit messy, but cf is easier to get,
> > > cheeper per gigabyte and faster than flash drives.
> >
> > but still pretty slow, even compared to magnetic disk.
> >
>
> Read at about 70MB/s write at about 60MB/s.
>
> It's probably fast enough for my home use.
>
> http://www.adtron.com/products/I25fb-IDEFlashDisk.html
>
> Honestly I'm not sure what I get from my disks, I tend to go pretty
> low end though when I buy them. :-)
>
hdparm gives me about 314 MB/s read for cached read, 23 MB/s for
buffered read on my 6-year-old, 80GB hard drive.


John
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