opensuse 11.3

[Zoof]

Hi there all you Linux shakers

I’ve have recently updated to opensuse 11.3 and due to a duff

sata lead. Deleted my swap partition, nervous about resizing my home

partition. I thought why not use a 2Gig card in a U S B 2 holder.

This I did, and the patient is doing well!

Now is it possible to put in 2 fast cards and run them in tandem for

speed as a swap partition. Also changing the empathise towards virtual memory.

Would this speed thing up, especially for computers with low amounts

of ram allocation?????

 

[2Loose]

Even the fastest cards are orders of magnitude slower than a hard disk. Also, they wear out with repeat read\writes far far quicker than a hard disk.

As a mobile form of storage, they are near perfect, but as virtual disk they really are the last resort.

 

[beanzontoast]

Agreed about the cards. Running a distro from a USB for portability, as a recovery tool or to save space on the hd is one thing, but I wouldn't see it as my everyday solution of choice. If you do go down the card route, to get fast higher class rated cards will cost you more and though it may work as a setup, working with 7200 speed hard drives is safer long-term IMO.

Have you considered increasing the amount of actual ram?

 

[Zoof]

Thanks everybody for your input; I just did it as a temporary measure, to give me time

to back up my drive. I will first try to resize main, to reinstate swap.

I learn best from experimenting, then like to test the ideas, against the consensus of

enlightened opinions.

We all jump to conclusions, it was my assumption that with no moving parts a

solid state drive was the bee’s knee’s.

How long do you think these envied drives will last, say on a gaming computer???

 

[2Loose]

We all jump to conclusions, it was my assumption that with no moving parts a solid state drive was the bee’s knee’s.

How long do you think these envied drives will last, say on a gaming computer???

There is a big difference between different types of ram, and between different types of flash ram. The flash ram used in a usb ram stick or SD card is not what is used in a ram based SSD, which is super fast and reliable in operation (also far more expensive per gb than normal flash ram.)

The speed of the ram used is one thing, also the controllers used by the SSD's are very clever and ensure that the ram should be as reliable as any magnetic drive. Some of the SSD's at work have estimated run times of more than three times longer than the 'normal' server hard disks that we use...for only double the price!

 

[Zoof]

There is a big difference between different types of ram, and between different types of flash ram. The flash ram used in a usb ram stick or SD card is not what is used in a ram based SSD, which is super fast and reliable in operation (also far more expensive per gb than normal flash ram.)

The speed of the ram used is one thing, also the controllers used by the SSD's are very clever and ensure that the ram should be as reliable as any magnetic drive. Some of the SSD's at work have estimated run times of more than three times longer than the 'normal' server hard disks that we use...for only double the price!

Hi that was just the information I was looking for
thanks, a lot.
You can't teach experience, only learn from it.

 

[g00se]

+1 2loose

We're about to a load of FusionIO card at work (SSD drives) and the comparative specs are very impressive.