Re: Is there a reliable way to ID a SSD?

["Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Ceuleers <jan.ceuleers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> Chances are, though, that unlike "real" SSDs your CF is slow enough
>> that it actually benefits from being treated like a rotational
>> device.

Jan> Thanks. But performance is not my primary concern or I wouldn't
Jan> have chosen a system consisting of low-performance components ;-)
Jan> (the CompactFlash card is only one example; others include the
Jan> 500MHz Geode CPU, Via Rhine NICs, a tiny amount of RAM etc). I care
Jan> more about low power consumption and the system has to be only just
Jan> fast enough for my needs.

There are "real" SSDs in CompactFlash form factor and they do fare much
better than the consumer cards. Made a significant difference on my
Geode boxes, anyway. But most importantly they have much better write
endurance than the camera cards which is the reason I originally got
them.

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering
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