Re: [LAU] Advice on hardwware components

From: Michael TD Nelson <m_nels@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Mon May 21 2007 - 18:36:16 EEST

david wrote:
> Michael Nelson wrote:
>> I'm interested in using a CompactFlash-to-SATA adapter, and booting
>> from a CF card. Does anyone know what the speed/reliability would be
>> like?
>
> I think it would be pretty slow - my CF cards seem to give only
> 5-6MB/sec transfer. Even my slowest hard drives run a LOT faster than
> that.
>
> Plus - CF has a limited lifespan when it comes to writing to the card.
Ok, if it's that slow, then I'll probably just get a couple of extra
SATA drives. I was just hoping that something with no mechanical
parts.would be quick and reliable. If anyone has any other ideas, then
please let me know!

Thanks
Michael

_______________________________________________
Linux-audio-user mailing list
Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden
http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
Received on Mon May 21 20:15:03 2007

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.8 : Mon May 21 2007 - 20:15:03 EEST