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. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
