On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 4:06 PM Michael Barnes <[email protected]> wrote:
> I haven't messed with much in the hardware department for years. I recently > picked up a small 12V computer I want to use for some field applications in > ham radio. It presently has a conventional 160 GB SATA WD Caviar Blue drive > in it now. I'd like to replace that with a comparable SSD that is hopefully > just plug and play with the existing SATA connectors. Is that possible? My > intent is to just load a basic Linux install (probably CentOS) from a USB > stick and run a few basic services. It will have a USB GPS puck and run > gpsd and ntp. I'll run the normal network server stuff of dhcp, dns, etc. I > guess Samba is still the thing for a file server. It will not be connected > to the Internet when in the field. The field network will be a bunch of > Windows laptops and will need to share some files across the network with > the server. > > So, all that to ask, what should I get for an SSD for this thing? This is a > low budget project. > > Thanks for your ideas. > Michael > SSD drives do come in a few formats. If you are replacing a laptop format drive get a 2.5 in SATA. Your current SATA connectors will work. If it is a desktop slot you might have to get some brackets to put it in the larger slot. Bill _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
