On 10/09/2016 02:37 AM, jdd wrote:
https://www.amazon.fr/kingdian-120%C2%A0Go-240%C2%A0Go-m%C3%A9moire-SATAIII/...
are around $100, best value for the capacity, a bit larger
I looked at the idea of getting a cache SSD as a PCI-e card. I looked at this thread on EnhanceIO, bcache and dm-cache and then at derived articles. http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1306.1/01246.html The idea of a 20G SSD for each of my most used partitions appealed. So I looked ta the prices of 64G PCI-e cards. They were quite reasonable. Hmm, I wondered what 128 and larger cards cost. I was shocked! I ran a DU and found I could fit either my system or my $HOME (without music or videos) on a 120G SSD. YMMV but you should check your own system. Why bother with a SSD cache when the whole system can fit on the SD? Heck, some of the larger sized cards, some of the SATA2 and SATA3 are well priced if tour i/f can handle those speed! It's always been a principle 'speed sells', but every analysis I've seen shows that 'distributed computing' offers more advantages than a drag racer. I just wish the idea of David Cheriton's distributed, sporadic kernel of the V System had caught on. I've got more than enough small machines from the Closet of Anxieties .... -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org