On 2/26/07, David Leimbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 2/26/07, Russ Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2/26/07, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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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