From: Andreas Eriksen <andreer@pvv.ntnu.no>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Time for a new, yet not bleeding edge plan 9 box... (recommendations for a small x86, inexpensive PC)
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:08:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <FAAA139D-6D32-41E7-B187-F07CB729B897@pvv.ntnu.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <13426df10907130846v3fbdc209sec91edbc682e8749@mail.gmail.com>
Unfortunately, the controller used in that series of SSD's
has a pretty bad reputation.
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3531&p=17
That said, it's the second version of it and it is a lot
better than the first. It might also be that it is less of
a problem with Venti, I don't know enough to say.
I've used one myself and haven't run into any issues, you
might not ever notice the problem.
On Jul 13, 2009, at 5:46 PM, ron minnich wrote:
> http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=49#power-bundle
>
> DESCRIPTION PRICE QTY TOTAL
> Bundle: Intel DG45FC, Jou Jye 528i Case, 2GB RAM, 2.5in HDD Tray
> £175.00 £175.00
> Intel E1400 Celeron Dual Core 2.0 GHz Socket 775 CPU & Heatsink for
> DG45FC Board * Lead time approx 1-3 days £49.00 £49.00
> OCZ Solid 30GB 2.5in SATA II Solid State Disk (SSD) £85.00 £85.00
> US IEC C13 Power Cord £3.00 £3.00
>
> SSD and it all comes to 312 pounds, which is around 6,000,000 dollars
> at today's rates. But that said just get the same thing at Fry's for
> less. That mobo was at Fry's recently for $70 with cpu.
>
> But SSD, and 60GB at that, bye bye hard drive failure. Now you just
> have flash failure. I still think a write-once-friendly medium like
> flash ought to be nice for venti. Wonder if we could keep fossil and
> index in battery-back dram ?
>
> ron
>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-07-13 16:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-07-12 21:31 David Leimbach
2009-07-13 15:46 ` ron minnich
2009-07-13 15:58 ` erik quanstrom
2009-07-13 16:04 ` David Leimbach
2009-07-13 16:08 ` Andreas Eriksen [this message]
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