SSD drives are the fastest possible but they should be with that sort of price tag. So after reading about the new Samsung units I simply got annoyed because it's too much money for something we can build for half very easily.
Compact Flash cards are the largest format you can get (apart from USB keys which are no use anyway). They run the same as SSD drive but do not just fot on the end of the IDE or SATA connector. The other problem is they are still pretty weeny is terms of size 32Gb is the current highest with SanDisk tempting with a 64Gb one soon.
RAID 0 strips information across many drives to gain information in several pieces to increase transfer rates. So the speed of two drives is better than the speed of one drive.
Now here is the idea. RAID 0 SSD drives for the ultimate in storage. Surely this would create the ultimate in storage performance. So how can you create this ridiculous performance master piece of bodgery.
Compact flash card to SATA adaptors are readily available from loads of shops including the wonderful eBay.
Compact flash cards are available from...everywhere almost (I can even buy them at a local corner shop now).
Most motherboards have on-board RAID controllers for your pleasure. As well as 2 port and 4 port PCIe cards being easily found for just a few coins (£8 and £22 respectively round here).
As long as you can mount all this together then you now have to format the system to take advantage of this benefit. Of course card size is important too. Let's assume you have 4 spare ports (or that is what you want to use).
4x 4Gb = 16Gb - doesn't even make sense 16Gb card is cheaper than 4x 4Gb
4x 8Gb = 32Gb - still not sound investment but its looking better but 32Gb isn't even slightly near a good enough size.
4x 16Gb = 64Gb - Raptor territory now prices look good but are we sure everything will fit :S
4x 32Gb = 128Gb - Now your talking, right size and half the price of a 32Gb Mtron SSD drive
4x 64Gb = 256Gb - Come on SanDisk we want this NOW!!
If I could afford it, I would buy:
CF-SATA adaptor
32Gb CF card
1Tb Samsung F1
Total cost: 4x £6 + 4x £74 + 2x £93 = £506 inc VAT and delivery
Four of CF stuff and two spinpoints (well the other drives stuff has gotta go somewhere ain't it.
What you guys think
Compact Flash cards are the largest format you can get (apart from USB keys which are no use anyway). They run the same as SSD drive but do not just fot on the end of the IDE or SATA connector. The other problem is they are still pretty weeny is terms of size 32Gb is the current highest with SanDisk tempting with a 64Gb one soon.
RAID 0 strips information across many drives to gain information in several pieces to increase transfer rates. So the speed of two drives is better than the speed of one drive.
Now here is the idea. RAID 0 SSD drives for the ultimate in storage. Surely this would create the ultimate in storage performance. So how can you create this ridiculous performance master piece of bodgery.
Compact flash card to SATA adaptors are readily available from loads of shops including the wonderful eBay.
Compact flash cards are available from...everywhere almost (I can even buy them at a local corner shop now).
Most motherboards have on-board RAID controllers for your pleasure. As well as 2 port and 4 port PCIe cards being easily found for just a few coins (£8 and £22 respectively round here).
As long as you can mount all this together then you now have to format the system to take advantage of this benefit. Of course card size is important too. Let's assume you have 4 spare ports (or that is what you want to use).
4x 4Gb = 16Gb - doesn't even make sense 16Gb card is cheaper than 4x 4Gb
4x 8Gb = 32Gb - still not sound investment but its looking better but 32Gb isn't even slightly near a good enough size.
4x 16Gb = 64Gb - Raptor territory now prices look good but are we sure everything will fit :S
4x 32Gb = 128Gb - Now your talking, right size and half the price of a 32Gb Mtron SSD drive
4x 64Gb = 256Gb - Come on SanDisk we want this NOW!!
If I could afford it, I would buy:
CF-SATA adaptor
32Gb CF card
1Tb Samsung F1
Total cost: 4x £6 + 4x £74 + 2x £93 = £506 inc VAT and delivery
Four of CF stuff and two spinpoints (well the other drives stuff has gotta go somewhere ain't it.
What you guys think
