[Novalug] 2.5" drives?

Nick Danger nick@hackermonkey.com
Wed Feb 22 07:36:35 EST 2012


Never would have thought of that, thanks for the idea all. Not going to 
replace it RIGHT away, but soon. I'll check into the CF/drive 
replacements. Considering it doesn't do a ton of writing (NFS data is on 
an external disk), this might work out real well.

Nick

On 02/22/2012 06:57 AM, Brander Snaxe wrote:
> Yeah, the prices there are good, but the quality isn't always great.
>
> I suggest using something from Addonics for this. Their stuff has been 
> solid for me for years.
>
> http://www.addonics.com/
>
> They have adapters and converters. One example:
> http://www.addonics.com/products/ad25cfd.php
>
>
>
>
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> *From:* Fredrik Nyman <fredrik.nyman@gmail.com>
> *To:* Jeremy Hoel <jthoel@gmail.com>
> *Cc:* NOVALUG <novalug@calypso.tux.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:56 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Novalug] 2.5" drives?
>
> Don't forget that DX rocks for this kind of stuff.
> http://www.dealextreme.com/p/ultra-slim-compact-flash-cf-to-sata-adapter-15665
> $6.70 shipped.
>
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Jeremy Hoel <jthoel@gmail.com 
> <mailto:jthoel@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > Something like this - http://www.e-itx.com/sata-cf-mini-adapter.html
> >
> > You can get a 8GB or 16GB card and make it all work without the 
> price of SSD.
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 9:34 PM, sungo <sungo@sungo.us 
> <mailto:sungo@sungo.us>> wrote:
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> >>> Anyone have a suggestion on 2.5" drives, specifically for those 
> dealing
> >>> with "less then optimal" conditions? Quiet is a second concern, and
> >>> after that is size, since I am barely using what I have on there now.
> >>
> >> I'd grab an SSD.
> >>
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