[Discuss] SSD in PC?

[David Bronaugh]

Lloyd Budd wrote:
> Hi Luggers,
>
> Anyone using a solid state drive in their Linux powered PC? Details?
>
> I know I don't *need* it, but I'm always tempted by better performance ;-)
>   
I stuck a 1GB 150x CF card in a CF->IDE adapter about 2-3 years ago. It 
provided OK performance; very consistent. But it lacked eg write 
caching, so it was slower in some ways than an ordinary HD.

I imagine modern "proper" SSDs have the write buffer, etc, and thus can 
be much faster than the ad-hoc solution we used.

For what it's worth, it did work pretty well, and was fairly speedy even so.

David