http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/ Engadget Comments for Video: Century's Compact Flash SSD SATA adapter reviewed http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 22nd 2008 3:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 22nd 2008 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/]]>May 22nd 2008 3:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/
Wanting one.]]>May 22nd 2008 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 22nd 2008 3:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 22nd 2008 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/
On a completely unrelated note, what's with the tinyness of that space bar?]]>May 22nd 2008 4:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 22nd 2008 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/
Now on a theoretical level imagine 3x 32GB 45MB/s CF cards in the adaptors RAID0 configuration.

That is 96GB storage with a theoretical transfer rate of 135MB/s. Now who said you could not put in more adaptors in your PC in yet another RAID0 SATA array.

So with e.g 3 more, then you have 288GB storage with transfer rate of 405MB/s

That would be some harddrive (if we look away from the swapfile matter)]]>May 22nd 2008 4:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 22nd 2008 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/At over £100 per Transcend 32GB CF card you're looking at well over £1000 once you've factored in the adaptors and RAID hardware.

And unless you spent a fair bit more than it's worth you'll max out the RAID controller at less than half the theoretical read speed of all 9 CF cards at their peak speeds.

Also the write speed would under half your read speed according to the benchmarks on those CF cards.

Suddenly those Mitron SSDs are looking a lot better value :)]]>May 22nd 2008 4:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/
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How does taking a couple CF flash devices and buying an adapter cost half as much as a pre-made SSD drive?

Surely the people who make SSD drives could wise up to this, and just sell those adapted HDDs as SSDs, and the price would be halved.

Can someone explain this to me?]]>May 22nd 2008 4:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 22nd 2008 6:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 22nd 2008 5:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 22nd 2008 5:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/
I know you can get larger sizes I always think its funny to see demos done with the bits around the office. ]]>May 22nd 2008 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 22nd 2008 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 22nd 2008 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 22nd 2008 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/
1) CFs have effective write limits (10,000 or 100,000 per cell). For using in a camera, that's a number you won't have to worry about. On a frequently used disk? Um, no thanks.

2) Speed at 10M/s is ok, but certainly not blinding. Faster/bigger CFs are available but then the price advantage starts getting lower quickly.

3) The media manufacturers will decide we need a new format (soon, I'm sure) and stop making CFs. Since you're tied to two techs here (adapter interface and CF) you're at more risk for obsolescence.

4) What's with having to hold the button on boot to get Raid 5?? That can't be right....]]>May 22nd 2008 6:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/
I'm guessing that's a one time "initialization" of the RAID-5 volume (hold it down to initialize the disks and build the volume, only have to do it once for a set of disks).]]>May 22nd 2008 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 22nd 2008 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/
Anyone that wants to make a video about something tech? This is a GREAT example to copy from.

Tripod mount for the cam (== steady)
Clearly thought out ahead of time instead of ad-lib.
VERY clear what's going on.
No language issues (well, not many - it's still English on the PC)
Actually in focus! :)]]>May 22nd 2008 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 22nd 2008 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 22nd 2008 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/
I get great speeds using a SDHC usb memory reader and a 16 GB SDHC card I use for my DSLR. I think I was getting 16-20 mbps read speed last time i checked.]]>May 22nd 2008 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/
http://www.addonics.com/products/cf_adapter/

]]>May 22nd 2008 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/
Also, is this RAID chip onboard, or is it software? I'm guessing because of the inexpensive price that it's software. And I'm sorry, but 9MB/s is only half as fast as the cheapest laptop HDD. Most USB flash drives support writes of 30MB/s these days anyways.]]>May 22nd 2008 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/I think it's a great result for using 3 40x "effective" CFs together.

Like dude, why didn't you use a 266x or 300x CF. Geeze, even a 233x A-data would have been fine and their only like 24 bucks. Heck, Transcend has 266X for 40 clams.]]>May 22nd 2008 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 22nd 2008 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/Jun 6th 2008 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/Here is a page with my test results.
ftp://njcbf.com/spanned.htm
the limited speed is a result of non DMA cards
here is a forum discussion I was involved in http://www.ocforums.com/archive/index.php/t-505505.html]]>May 22nd 2008 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/thanks NOT to M$ media player]]>May 22nd 2008 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 23rd 2008 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 23rd 2008 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/May 24th 2008 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/
https://www.goodnessmusic.com/

its from Coppe'
title Lavender oil remix


also, can you raid two of these card readers together so effectively its 6 card raid 0?]]>May 26th 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/Jun 19th 2008 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/video-centurys-compact-flash-ssd-sata-adapter-reviewed/Jun 25th 2008 6:06AM