http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/ Engadget Comments for The CF-to-SATA hard drive adapter http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/Apr 26th 2007 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/Apr 26th 2007 1:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/Apr 26th 2007 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/So how long will a CF card last when used as a boot device?
We would need a stress test before buying into this.
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http://www.ultramobilegeek.com/2007/04/homebrew-ssd-umpc-test.html

Short conclusion so you don't have to read it all: Cheap CF cards won't do. You need very high-end cards to out-perform hard drives. Don't pay attention to the "100x rating" or whatever the card says. Test it on your own.]]>Apr 26th 2007 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/Apr 26th 2007 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutspelling/affect]]>Apr 26th 2007 4:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/Gutted though as i've just recently bought a dual channel PATA one.

With regard to Kamokazi's comment about using it for a page file, this could probably be the worst thing you could use a compact flash card for. A CF card has a limited read/write cycle and paging on that card would probably kill it within a matter of weeks or worse still days. The best use for these devices are as keaton says building a silent linux box.]]>Apr 26th 2007 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/
I'd love to integrate such a hd replacement for my linux box, but if it's acting as a light weight server, would that be running a risk of loss of data even as short os one or two years later? Essentially, you'd have to create a backup constantly... and where? On a traditional hd? Online? Hm.]]>Apr 26th 2007 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/ad44midecf.asp]]>Apr 26th 2007 6:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/Apr 28th 2007 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/ad44midecf.asp) and a pair of fast cards (probably using software RAID). I wouldn't think it lightning-quick, but it'd probably be a bit cheaper than a 16GB SSD.]]>Apr 26th 2007 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/ SSDs are optimized for distributing writes along the whole
> capacity, while I guess this device is not.

I believe that the controller chip in the CF card will do all the wear levelling, so this adaptor doesn't need that intelligence itself.

(I have been using USB, IDE and CF flash devices exclusively in my no-moving-parts home network for over a year. I have had one 1G USB flash drive fail and another was dead-on-arrival. But I don't think either of those failures is due to the flash "wearing out".)
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Well maybe they have now bought themselves a PROPER DSLR in the form of a Canon which does use CF/Microdrive cards in favour of those cheap & nasty SD Cards that are ruined by the slightest bit of moisture (unlike CF or Microdrives which I have here that have been thoroughly soaked & still operate perfectly fine).]]>Apr 26th 2007 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/Apr 26th 2007 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/Apr 26th 2007 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/Here's my own experimentation and some links to more info.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47642593@N00/447124880/
Pekar

]]>Apr 26th 2007 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/Apr 26th 2007 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/
Wow. I may actually go out and do this.]]>Apr 26th 2007 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/Apr 26th 2007 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/I buy some SATA-CF,IDE-CF adapter from a china factory , and find it good quality and lower price,so i want share with others my feels.Especially,the SATA-CF:$9.9 and IDE-CF only $1.98
Websit: http：//www.soarland.com
]]>Sep 15th 2007 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/Apr 26th 2007 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/May 1st 2007 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.sintech.cn/en/index.html]]>May 29th 2007 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/the-cf-to-sata-hard-drive-adapter/ Developer link is http://www.puppylinux.com/news/]]>Jun 16th 2007 8:42PM