[mythtv-users] Advice on Building a Quiet MythTV Box?

[Brian Wood]

On Wednesday 26 November 2008 12:11:55 Blammo wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Charles Iliya Krempeaux
>
> <charles at reptile.ca> wrote:
> > Is using SSDs (Solid-State Drives) instead of a Hard Drive an option?
> > (Anyone have experience using them?)
>
> I've had good luck with CF cards, and IDE/SATA-to-CF adapters. My main
> frontend runs an 8gig CF in a SATA adapter, and it works great. It has
> more than enough ram (2gig) to turn off swap, which helps eliminate
> some of the potential thrashing.

CF devices are getting large in terms of capacity.

I saw a 60 tera-byte CF advertised. I would have bought it, but I didn't have 
a spare $32,000.00 on hand.

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