SCSI to IDE bridges...

[Gene Buckle]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Doc Shipley wrote:

> Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> 
>> I've toyed with the idea of setting up a Linux box with a decent-size 
>> (512M) hunk of RAM,turning off swap and using it as a network mailserver 
>> with CF instead of IDE disk to conserve power.  I'm not sure how long the 
>> CF would last.  Assuming, say, 1000 emails (including spam) a day 
>> worst-case, I might see one fail in less than a year, depending upon where 
>> the writes landed.  Leveling would help, of course, but do CF cards 
>> auto-level, or does that responsibility fall upon the system using them?
>
>  I can vouch for the fact that running a normal OS on CF will kill the card 
> in a hurry, even without swap.
>

Doc, there's a whole pile of Amiga users out there (found 'em today!) that 
would argue that point with you.  They're using them a lot on the Amiga 
1200, 500 and 2000 without issue.

g.


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