Christian Weisgerber <[email protected]> wrote: > Lenovo also has an SSD for the X40/X41 as replacement part FRU41W0736.
> Well, I just ordered one of the Lenovo drives. I'll see how that > works out. Got it yesterday and put it in my X40. wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <MCCOE64GEMPP> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 57231MB, 117210240 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 3 Producing sensible benchmarks is a lot of work. So I didn't bother. Let's just say, while this is no Intel X25, it is quite a bit faster than the original harddrive. Linear read performance like resuming from hibernation is stunning of course, but things like cvs up from a local repository are also vastly improved, and extracting base46.tgz doesn't stall for small files like it does on the Compact Flash I use in my Soekris. Most importantly, the SSD buys peace of mind. No more worrying that the disk sounds like it is tearing itself apart during cvs up. No more regular clicking sounds that are obviously harmless but sound like a head crash. No more worrying about moving the machine during disk activity. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [email protected]
