[GRLUG] swap benchmarking

[Michael Mol]

Gee, combine that with an 8GB CompactFlash card and you've got the
perfect root drive for any Linux desktop.

But I still want to investigate using a USB flash drive as a faster
swap device.  Back to my original question, does anyone know of a good
way to benchmark swap?

On 2/19/07, Ben Rousch <brousch at orthicomp.com> wrote:
> Alright, Mr. ElCheapo, how about an IDE/CF adapter?
> http://www.acscontrol.com/Index_ACS.asp?Page=/Pages/Products/CompactFlash/IDE_To_CF_Adapter.htm
> Is $20 for the IDE/FLASH converter and $20 for a 2GB CF card cheap enough?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Schmidt" <timschmidt at gmail.com>
> To: grlug at grlug.org
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 7:57:04 AM (GMT-0500) US/Eastern
> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] swap benchmarking
>
> On 2/19/07, Ben Rousch <brousch at orthicomp.com> wrote:
> > That day is now! They are called Solid State Drives, and here is a good
> > selection of them
> > http://www.dvnation.com/nand-flash-ssd.html
>
> Yeah.  The idea is that, in the near future, they'll be affordable.
>
> --tim
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