A. Dumas  wrote:
> A. Dumas  wrote:
>> Haven't seen sdcard-sized ssd's, yet, but haven't looked either. I do know
>> there's this, supposedly it's ssd-technique in a usb stick, 128 GB version
>> of which can be had here for ?60 inc. tax:
>> https://www.sandisk.com/home/usb-flash/extremepro-usb
>
>
> But yeah, at ?90 it does get a bit mad for a $35 computer. What I did for
> my home server which has to be more reliable than an sd card, is buy a 2.5"
> portable spinning disk of 1 TB for, idk, ?45? Speeds are fine over usb 2.0
> and as a server on wifi. Haven't used it on the desktop, though; maybe it
> would need more snap there.

Any idea what sort of power consumption can be expected for a
modern small mechanical hard drive? The only one I have is old
and probably uses twice the power of the Pi when idling. For 24/7
operation that does add up. The extra wallwart and wires don't help.

Thanks for writing!

bob prohaska

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