The $99 dollar SSD has arrived

[halfmanhalfamazing]

# hdparm -Tt /dev/hdc

/dev/hdc:
Timing cached reads: 788 MB in 2.00 seconds = 393.17 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 20 MB in 3.10 seconds = 6.45 MB/sec

[halfmanhalfamazing]

Just as a reference point, here's what I'm expecting from this extreme IV card.

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/con...id=7-7896-8475

Most benchmarks put it in the 30MB+/- range, but at the bare minimum it should be 20MB+/-.

[halfmanhalfamazing]

This is the Extreme III card:

/sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hdc

/dev/hdc:

Model=SanDisk SDCFX3-4096, FwRev=HDX 4.08, SerialNo=116918E2707D4818
Config={ HardSect NotMFM Removeable DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic }
RawCHS=7964/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=576, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=DualPort, BuffSize=1kB, MaxMultSect=4, MultSect=4
CurCHS=7964/16/63, CurSects=8027712, LBA=yes, LBAsects=8027712
IORDY=no, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 *mdma2
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=disabled
Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-4

* signifies the current active mode

[halfmanhalfamazing]

This is the Extreme 3 card:

/sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hdc

/dev/hdc:

Model=SanDisk SDCFX3-4096, FwRev=HDX 4.08, SerialNo=116918E2707D4818
Config={ HardSect NotMFM Removeable DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic }
RawCHS=7964/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=576, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=DualPort, BuffSize=1kB, MaxMultSect=4, MultSect=4
CurCHS=7964/16/63, CurSects=8027712, LBA=yes, LBAsects=8027712
IORDY=no, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 *mdma2
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=disabled
Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-4

* signifies the current active mode

Hmmmm............ sometimes the answer can be had just by comparing results.

I noticed this line:

Config={ HardSect NotMFM Removeable DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic }

Also appears in the results for the Extreme IV card. Not being a dev myself, I can only take a stab in the dark on this, but perhaps my system/driver is accurately ID'ing this thing as what it really is........ a removable media/card and bottlenecking me at 10MB/s?

I ran this on the EX3 card:

# hdparm -Tt /dev/hdc

/dev/hdc:
Timing cached reads: 788 MB in 2.00 seconds = 393.73 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 20 MB in 3.16 seconds = 6.33 MB/sec

I'd bet that's what it is. Wherever that configuration is set at, that's the problem. May not even be driver related; just some text/config file somewhere that's doing it.

[halfmanhalfamazing]

Finally got them up on a site. I can't hotlink them here, Angelfire sucks like that. I created the most basic of basic pages for display pursposes here:

http://www.angelfire.com/rpg2/tweakit/index.html

[glussier]

Thanks for the pictures.

You know, you can upload pictures at http://imageshack.us/

[halfmanhalfamazing]

Thanks for the pictures.

You know, you can upload pictures at http://imageshack.us/

Thanks for the suggestion. I've been watching my bandwidth usage over the past few days though, I was thinking that a GB wasn't going to be very much in terms of image hosting, I've got way more left than I originally thought I'd have.

[colo]

Are there CF-to-SATA(-II)-adapters available as well? Would love to have one of those in my upcoming X61s.

[Svartalf]

Are there CF-to-SATA(-II)-adapters available as well? Would love to have one of those in my upcoming X61s.

YES.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/08/...compact_flash/
http://shopper.cnet.com/flash-memory...-32510515.html

I'm eying one for myself to some of the same sorts of cute tricks with more modern machines.

[bexamous]

You sure that IDE-CF adapter works? I got some off ebay that suck.

Not all converters support DMA: http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/5/24/46

Find one that works with DMA and performance will probably be better.