[mythtvnz] Kingston 64MB SSD SNV125-S2/64GB

[Tortise]

I've replaced an old noisy whining 40G IDE HDD with one of these, with a Pentium 3000 AGP GA 8IPE1000-G 
Rev 3 motherboard, using SATA 1.5G, with a PCI 9400 GT, mainly for its silence, and also expecting a bit of a speed bump on the FE.

It runs cold.  I guess I'll find out if the missing TRIM feature is necessary.

It wouldn't install Mythbuntu 9.10 using the standard mode however did with the safety graphics mode.  (After trying lots of 
different bios settings to no avail!)

FWIW quick best:
 sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
 Timing cached reads:   2056 MB in  2.00 seconds = 1027.83 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  296 MB in  3.00 seconds =  98.55 MB/sec


cf Seagate 0.5T / Pentium 3000 / SATA 1.5
/dev/sda:
 Timing cached reads:   1698 MB in  2.00 seconds = 848.50 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  272 MB in  3.03 seconds =  89.78 MB/sec


cf Seagate 1.5T / C2D Pentium 3.16 / SATA 3.0
/dev/sda:
 Timing cached reads:   9068 MB in  2.00 seconds = 4544.02 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  364 MB in  3.00 seconds = 121.30 MB/sec


sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda

/dev/sda:

ATA device, with non-removable media
        Model Number:       Kingston SSDNow V Series 64GB
        Serial Number:
        Firmware Revision:  B090428a
Standards:
        Supported: 7 6 5 4
        Likely used: 7
Configuration:
        Logical         max     current
        cylinders       16383   16383
        heads           16      16
        sectors/track   63      63
        --
        CHS current addressable sectors:   16514064
        LBA    user addressable sectors:  125045424
        Logical  Sector size:                   512 bytes
        Physical Sector size:                   512 bytes
        device size with M = 1024*1024:       61057 MBytes
        device size with M = 1000*1000:       64023 MBytes (64 GB)
        cache/buffer size  = unknown
        Nominal Media Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
Capabilities:
        LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
        Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
        R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 1   Current = 1
        DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
             Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
        PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
             Cycle time: no flow control=120ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
        Enabled Supported:
           *    SMART feature set
                Security Mode feature set
           *    Power Management feature set
           *    Look-ahead
           *    WRITE_BUFFER command
           *    READ_BUFFER command
           *    Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
           *    Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
           *    Host-initiated interface power management
                Device-initiated interface power management
           *    Software settings preservation
Security:
        Master password revision code = 65534
                supported
        not     enabled
        not     locked
        not     frozen
        not     expired: security count
                supported: enhanced erase
        2min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 2min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Checksum: correct