CF card or Hard disk?

Hellbound · Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:43 pm

Hi guys,
I'm making outdoor wireless batch with normal CELERON 3.0 Ghz but I was wondering which one u guys recommend? use hard disk 80GB or CF card with IDE adapter to keep my license safe?

in fact do they have much different in booting time or functioning time? I am not going to do webproxy so no need big space and I can attach a fan for cooling to hard disk.

but there was this issue of memory writing limits? because I keep logs alot for anything, so will my license be safe?

thanks

andrewluck · Sun Dec 10, 2006 11:48 am

CF card every time. No moving parts, far more tolerant of temperature change, no unreliable fans required, more reliable, faster.

Regards

Andrew

Hellbound · Sun Dec 10, 2006 1:29 pm

thanks Andrew,

any more comments from others?

mortin · Sun Dec 10, 2006 2:02 pm

It depends on what purpose do you use the Mikrotik. If you are going to set up a webproxy then the answer is obviouse.

But mostly I use it as wireless router/access point and CF card with IDE adapter is the best choice.

Regards
Marcin

Hellbound · Sun Dec 10, 2006 2:34 pm

It depends on what purpose do you use the Mikrotik. If you are going to set up a webproxy then the answer is obviouse.

But mostly I use it as wireless router/access point and CF card with IDE adapter is the best choice.

Regards
Marcin

it is unlikely that I will want to setup web-proxy on that board since its on top of the tower.

so I think I decide to put 512Mb CF which is less than 18USD

Thanks again

Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:20 am

careful with 512, there have been some incompatibility issues with some models. i would suggest a 1Gb sandisk extreme or ultra. those are good quality

nickb · Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:25 pm

Always CF, and don't buy Kingston - we've had two of them fail now. Lexar has been good to us, as has Sandisk.

GotNet · Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:37 pm

Using Lexar 4x 512s with wraps. Back and forth with the betas and such. No issues.

Trisc · Thu Mar 08, 2007 7:19 pm

Sandisk Extreme 12GB and 16GB are now available - pretty cool for proxy caching!

bushy · Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:13 pm

How about the Mikrotik IDE modules ? Theres one in use here since v2.7 , no problems at all .

changeip · Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:03 pm

CF card every time. No moving parts, far more tolerant of temperature change, no unreliable fans required, more reliable, faster.

Regards

Andrew

my thoughts as well. solid state versus metal parts thrashing 24x7 : )

Sam

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