[ale] SSD drive vs. CF Card + ATA interface?

[Greg Freemyer]

Curious, are you going to use Puppy Linux on your firewall?

I understand it is designed for flash / ssd setups.  With writes
maintained in ram disk until you shutdown.  At that point it updates
the flash / ssd with any changes you made.  Thus it keeps the flash /
ssd from wearing out.

Greg

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Chris Woodfield <rekoil at semihuman.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Looking at building a new mini-ITX router/firewall - trying to
> eliminate moving parts as much as I can. So I'm looking to use a
> fanless CPU, flash-based storage device for the OS, etc.
>
> Mobo-wise, I'm looking at the Via EPIA M700: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherboard_id=670
>
> What's interesting about this board is that it appears to have an on-
> board CF socket - with an ATA interface - what's not clear is whether
> or not it supports booting from CF.
>
> Question is, what does a dedicated SSD flash drive have over a simple
> CF card ATA interface? Speed? Wear leveling/improved write cycles?
> Booting ability? The price difference is pretty substantial,
> especially since I'm only looking for ~4GB of flash storage, just
> unclear on what I'm giving up by not using a "real" SSD device.
>
> Opinions appreciated...
>
> -C
>
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