Since it shouldn't be doing that many reads/writes getting something like this would work http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812186002
I'm not a big fan of drives in routers, especially old ones, at least with this you can replace the card easily and with little cost. It is also really small so you can just do a dd of it from time to time as a backup. I have that exact product, and its pretty cool, this is probably a machine in the data center so you might want to get something different. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822998003 On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Jeff Lasman <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm rebuilding a core router today. > > (It used to be FreeBSD but the contractor that built it is no longer > available; I'm putting it on a targeted distribution of Debian from the > debian-501-i386-netinst.iso. > > It turns out the install is too large to fit on the 128mb flash drive I > used to use. > > The system is single-drive pata. > > I've got (lots of) old drives taken out of service, from 40G up, that I > can use, but I don't have service records on any of them <frown>. > > Or I can drive to Frys in an hour or two and buy a new (smallest they've > got) pata drive. > > Based on your experience, which is more likely to give me good service > in a core router? > > Thanks for your valued input. > > Jeff > -- > Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services > P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 > Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only > voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: > "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- Peter Manis (678) 269-7979
