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Re: [LUG] SSD/Flash : Was Running Ubuntu from a USB Stick!

 

On Wednesday 20 August 2008 08:39, Grant Sewell wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:08:05 +0100
>
> Tom Potts wrote:
> > On Wednesday 20 August 2008 00:39, Grant Sewell wrote:
> > ...
> >
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive#Architecture_and_functio
> > >n
> >
> > So an SSD may be a flash drive or DRAM based with a battery backup.
> > flash will wear out
> > and DRAM may have battery problems
> > Make sure you backeumup regularly!
> > Anyone tried SSD for swap?
> > Tom te tom te tom
>
> Would it not be significantly cheaper to just give it some more RAM
> rather than forking out for an SSD for swap?
 I must confess I haven't actually looked at prices on this - and if I switch 
my brain on and think I can hear Nelson Bunce off to one side.
However as a pathetic excuse I could argue that if I have a motherboard that 
can only take 2G ram then  a couple of gig SSD would help if you do silly 
simulations like me from time to time or even 3d animations.
I guess that wouldn't count for 64 bit motherboards tho....
Tom te tom te tom
>
> Which reminds me of someone I met years ago wanting to use a small
> portion of his RAM as a disk so he could put his swap on it.  *Grant
> raises an eyebrow*
>
> Grant.


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