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    The poor mans SSD

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Narukari, Jan 27, 2009.

  1. Narukari

    Narukari Notebook Geek

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    Well, I've been looking into SSDs for my 6860fx and while crusing ebay I found this.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-PHOTOFAST-CR-9000-2-5-SATA-SSD-SDHC-Card-Adapter_W0QQitemZ120365785659QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDigital_Camera_Memory_Card_Adapters_Readers?hash=item120365785659&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1240|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

    I almost fell out of my seat laughing when I saw this. 6 microSDHC cards working in Raid 0 configuration as a SSD. I am actually thinking of picking one of these up to play around with and see what my power consumption, read/write speeds are with it. It actually will more than likely go into my eee PC if it works, but if I eventually get 2 of them I'll install them in my 6860fx and blaze ahead with my Raid 0 SSD.

    Of course I'd run Class 6 microSD cards in it to get the most speed possible.

    Any thoughts/opinions/laughter?
     
    Narukari, Jan 27, 2009
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  2. ChristopherAKAO4

    ChristopherAKAO4 Notebook Nut

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    ChristopherAKAO4, Jan 27, 2009
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  3. Linuxperiment

    Linuxperiment Notebook Consultant

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    Wow that is pretty cool.... :D
     
    Linuxperiment, Jan 27, 2009
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  4. Mormegil83

    Mormegil83 I Love Lamp.

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    LOL let us know how and if it works!!!
     
    Mormegil83, Jan 27, 2009
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  5. Narukari

    Narukari Notebook Geek

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    oops, after looking at it again, it uses SDHC cards not microSCHC. That only will make it cheaper to get the cards though.

    edit:has anybody seen any power specs on this, the main reason I'd get it is for a longer battery life.
     
    Narukari, Jan 27, 2009
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  6. skwayb

    skwayb Notebook Enthusiast

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    I put something like this in OLD Point of Sale hardware that couldn't see anything bigger than a 4GB HD. I used IDE to CF adapters and installed 1-2 Gig Industrial CF cards in each machine. I turned off the SWAP file in Win 95 (Yes Win 95) and it ran better than it ever did with those old hard drives. I did this on 120 machines. It keep the system running for another 4 years until we replaced the entire system. Never had a problem with them unlike the 1-2GB hard drives that were dieing left and right.

    If you can get a 32-64GB 266x Industrial CF for your boot drive it should last you a long time. Especially if you turn the swap file off or move the swap file to a HD. That way you don't eat it up. Should last you a long time especially if you can get an Industrial card. They can take more writes than a normal CF Card. I have never seen an Industrial SD or SDHC card......
     
    skwayb, Jan 27, 2009
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  7. Syngensmyth

    Syngensmyth In All Seriousness

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    Interesting ... you obviously were not part of a franchise ... they would have forced a refresh to bolster their income stream.
     
    Syngensmyth, Jan 27, 2009
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  8. idiotpilot

    idiotpilot Notebook Evangelist

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    Wow, that thing is neat.
     
    idiotpilot, Jan 27, 2009
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