John Carter wrote, On 02/03/09 11:15:
On the 901 it has 20Gb SSD, but as far as I can determine that is
split into two logically, if not physically, distinct drives.
A faster 4Gb partition for the "root" / partition (ASUS-PHISON SSD
SOQ2882269) and and a 20gb (ASUS-PHISON SSD
SOQ2882288) slower /home partition.
Mine's not slower!
hdparm -T /dev/sda (4 GB onboard)
buffered reads: 30.85 MB/sec
hdparm -T /dev/sdb (12 GB offboard)
buffered reads: 34.21 MB/sec
hdparm -T /dev/sdc (4 GB SDHC card)
buffered reads: 14.45 MB/sec
hdparm -T /dev/sdd (32MB USB1 pen drive)
buffered reads: 942 kB/sec
hdparm -T /dev/sde (4GB USB2 Atom pen drive)
buffered reads: 27.62 MB/sec
hdparm -T /dev/sdf (8GB USB2 budget pen drive)
buffered reads: 27.66 MB/sec
So a SDHC card is still slower than a pen drive. The Imation ATOM ones
are very small and less likely to be snapped.
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Craig Falconer
