[ubuntu-uk] Solid State hard disks?

Chris Smith ubuntu at toonarmy.mine.nu
Sat Oct 27 15:59:04 BST 2007


Mark Harrison wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Does anyone know where (whether?) it's possible to get solid-state 
> "disks" in a format that has an IDE / SATA cable attached?
> 
> Let me explain the thinking:
> 
> - A 4Gb solid state disk in an SD card format costs about £25
> - A 4Gb solid state disk with a USB connector on it costs about £20
> 
> - Solid-state drives have increased massively in terms of "mean time 
> between failure" over the last 4-5 years, to the extent that one could 
> reasonably last "a few years" even as a working hard drive.
> 
> - Ultra low power consumption
> 
> - Zero noise
> 
> 
> - 4Gb is (just) enough to shoe-horn a copy of Ubuntu onto for a basic 
> "web browsing" application
> 
> Anyone else see where I'm going with this?...  Low-power motherboard 
> (Mini-ITX?) coupled with a solid state hard disk would be a fully 
> functional, silent, low energy "web terminal"... exactly what the kids 
> could use for their bedrooms!
> 
> M.
> 
> 

Compact Flash cards are compatible with IDE buses just need and adaptor
for the obvious size differences and it works and behaves like a regular
hard disc.



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