-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yeah, I was referring to a 3.5" ide/ata solid state disk, the extra "flash" was a typo :).
Kenneth P. Oncinian Panasonic Communications Philippines Corporation Information Systems Division - Network and Infrastructure Department - -- PGP Public Key: http://m.1asphost.com/koncinian/koncinian.gnupg.key Orlando Andico wrote: > putting swap on a flash disk is a pretty dumb idea. the price of > flash and ordinary DDR SDRAM is almost the same. but flash can only > withstand 100,000 read/write cycles before the bits "wear out." > > now putting your swap on a *solid state disk* is a different story. > SSD is not flash-based, rather it's static RAM. so it doesn't > "wear out" like flash does (after all, flash is a form of EEPROM). > but solid state disk is EXTREMELY expensive. better buy ordinary > RAM and keep your PC on all the time. > > > On 1/10/06, *Kenneth Oncinian* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > > Do you mean on a solid state flash disk? May supplier na ba nito > dito sa atin? Does anyone have an idea how much it cost? > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux > Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ > irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDwy4B9MTaiXoaMBgRAnBEAJwNnJmyp4JZPe5Up0i0o3NN26SUEwCfUJ+O XhvAOcTBR0zQx/5Lm1nUFIo= =1weQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph

