[Soekris] Soekris 5501 with SSD disks

[Martin K. Petersen]

>>>>> "David" == David Alexander <listmail at cox.net> writes:

David> Yes it does.  I should have mentioned that the one thing that
David> drove me to buy the SSD was how poorly my CF card handled
David> multiple simultaneous requests.  For example, when I open my
David> email client it syncs all the folders with the IMAP server in
David> parallel.  This was painfully slow on the CF card which is
David> designed to read or write a single file at a time.  Switching to
David> the SSD made a significant improvement in parallel operations.

In the past I have lobbied for the SanDisk 5000 series on this list.
They are "real" SSDs in CF form factor. They are a bit old and not
terribly fast by today's standards, but they are much better than all
the camera grade junk.  The cards are designed for industrial/military
applications.

I believe the 5000 series has since been replaced with something faster
(not that it'll matter much on a Soekris box). But the point still
stands: If you are tied to a CF form factor for whatever reason there
*are* options available that handle regular disk workloads gracefully.

And no. You won't find these at your average consumer electronics
store. But several computer parts retailers had them readily available
when I bought a stash a few years ago.


Martin