[mythtv-users] OT: Get off my SSD?!

[Jim Stichnoth]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Jim Stichnoth <stichnot at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Out of curiosity, have you considered PXE (network) booting, and
>> mounting the file system entirely over NFS?  An SSD seems relatively
>> expensive for essentially just holding the OS and log files.

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> A small SSD doesn't really cost all that much.  I paid about $115 for
> a 32GB drive, which is plenty big enough for an OS and decent number
> of applications.

A diskless ION frontend can be made for $140 (Zotac "C" after rebate)
+ $15 (1 GB memory) + $25 (IR remote/receiver) + $10 (makeshift case),
i.e. less than $200.  Adding $115 for an SSD is *relatively* expensive
compared to the initial $200.  Of course, the SSD has other good uses.

Jim