On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Dan Shimshoni <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lior, > - Can you please specify vendor and model of your SSD drive ? > It's a 180Gb Intel 520 Series SSD with firmware version 400i. > second - which File System do you have on it ? > I have an ext4 filesystem on it. > DS > Lior > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Lior Okman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 6:26 AM, Dan Shimshoni <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> 2 Questions about SSD drives: > >> > >> First, I would appreciate of someone who has SSD disk will > >> run > >> hdparm -t /dev/sda > >> and post the results here. (In the spirit of the recent thread about > >> HW for linux). > >> > >> I have > >> /dev/sda: > >> Timing buffered disk reads: 586 MB in 3.01 seconds = 194.68 MB/sec > >> And it interests me to compare results > >> > > > > I have : > > > > hdparm -t /dev/sdc > > > > /dev/sdc: > > Timing buffered disk reads: 988 MB in 3.00 seconds = 329.27 MB/sec > > > > > >> > >> > >> Does a result of, let's say, 400 MB/sec, which is double speed > comparing > >> the > >> above result, will boost a task of building a linux kernel (on a dual > >> core machine) > >> in about 1.5 or 2? > >> > >> Second question: > >> I must admit that I am a newbie with SSD, so this question might seem > >> obvoious to others: > >> I saw that inner SSD disks, which are sold in stores like KSP/Ivory, > >> are in laptop form factor (2.5''). > >> > >> Is there some reason that there are no inner 3.5'' disks for Desktops > >> (there > >> are extenal SSD which can be , so I believe, used with > desktops) ? > >> Is there something which prevent us from connecting 2.5'' inner SSD to > >> a desktop (I mean STAT2- based or SATA3-based) ? > >> > > > > SATA connectors for 2.5 and 3.5 drives are the same (power as well as > data). > > You can mount your 2.5 drive in a desktop, but if you don't have any 2.5 > > bays (which are available in some enclosures specifically for SSD > drives), > > there are kits of 2.5 to 3.5 brakets you can buy (e.g., > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817994085 ). > > > >> > >> DS > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Linux-il mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > > > >
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