[PLUG] SSD Advice Needed

Chuck Hast wchast at gmail.com
Wed May 22 00:33:28 UTC 2019


Michael,
May I ask what amateur apps you are going to be using? gprsd and some
others sound like something with
aprs, or it could be with winlink, or a packet radio stack. I am using
MMDVM on a RPi and it writes a LOT to
the little memory card, but it goes and goes. So even a very busy aprs
system will not see a lot of writing. I
use the Samsung SSD's. I figure you are using one small POS or other
devices, most are 19vdc but some are
12vdc (nice for vehicular usage) you indicated it used a 3" SATA drive,
there are a lot of SSD 2" drives that have
a kit for putting them in a 3" space. As in any device that it writing to
memory make sure your 12v mains are
reliable and will not drop out from under the computer.
Call here is KP4DJT, Google it.

On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 2:20 PM Bill Barry <bill at billbarry.org> wrote:

> On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 4:06 PM Michael Barnes <barnmichael at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I haven't messed with much in the hardware department for years. I
> recently
> > picked up a small 12V computer I want to use for some field applications
> in
> > ham radio. It presently has a conventional 160 GB SATA WD Caviar Blue
> drive
> > in it now. I'd like to replace that with a comparable SSD that is
> hopefully
> > just plug and play with the existing SATA connectors. Is that possible?
> My
> > intent is to just load a basic Linux install (probably CentOS) from a USB
> > stick and run a few basic services. It will have a USB GPS puck and run
> > gpsd and ntp. I'll run the normal network server stuff of dhcp, dns,
> etc. I
> > guess Samba is still the thing for a file server. It will not be
> connected
> > to the Internet when in the field. The field network will be a bunch of
> > Windows laptops and will need to share some files across the network with
> > the server.
> >
> > So, all that to ask, what should I get for an SSD for this thing? This
> is a
> > low budget project.
> >
> > Thanks for your ideas.
> > Michael
> >
>
> SSD drives do come in a few formats.  If you are replacing a laptop format
> drive get a 2.5 in SATA. Your current SATA connectors will work.  If it is
> a desktop slot you might have to get some brackets to put it in the larger
> slot.
>
> Bill
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