From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Dec 17 11:13:26 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7092DE862A9 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2017 11:13:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x233.google.com (mail-wm0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 034396CD63 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2017 11:13:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x233.google.com with SMTP id g75so24584482wme.0 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2017 03:13:25 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=/n8pz+LKCu8HzBHFu8l1fF/kxKGA0W9CNdGjOtaj1E0=; b=uRbkj4vo6bcwVFYGrjR0jbm5kHVNpyZof6uLJ8NiXq89rbMer9m7wVs/lyc0DO9cZp dxB2MFXikx3NIZ4SAq9Tdz5R9nNY2jLIATkxNIL7frXrf7CIJhq3nAzQ1Geh7uGiD9pr cqkpMoA4FIbzl972yQWScB2cwd/1NhaOnKcjkcVw8lQT3bg+qpMtpicZ6FsodoKNIi3g 7nyIGaIomsKKGtCSbeAOOIqNgP0gt2H3gxBQoOe+htGE400OT88ADQmFCQekd6Shh6Rm QPwVp6cVM/Irklxn1jou4rK6Cnocj0Le89klQExS0EwXI/7J3CVMUldPev5dTz2bFCTd 25hw== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mIUzM14+MI0wnENMgn1h15U1G9D7O6vGrqhDWlQVl31ZBOnleNF 7L5SCDRlZqS8zTlc0chOub0ROA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBov1VKzLKNN1hObQAm17YWLLtRO2X9ENjq2VrKIa+jXQI3HjXUMc5B63/RQIdmnHq1FWgUkG2w== X-Received: by 10.80.130.39 with SMTP id 36mr24934426edf.297.1513509204104; Sun, 17 Dec 2017 03:13:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com ([81.17.24.158]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f11sm9433204edf.28.2017.12.17.03.13.21 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sun, 17 Dec 2017 03:13:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 11:13:19 +0000 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hd firecuda Message-ID: <20171217111319.6a1af590@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20171217112428.150d8041.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> References: <1513447749.62024.1.camel@yandex.com> <20171217112428.150d8041.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.15.1 (GTK+ 2.24.31; amd64-portbld-freebsd11.1) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 11:13:26 -0000 On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 11:24:28 +0800 Erich Dollansky wrote: > I write this on a machine running FreeBSD 10 with a FireCuda 2TB > drive, but the 2.5" version. The drive works but its behaviour was > not what I expected. > > The SSD part is too small from my point of view. The drive is really > fast when working on a project for which all fits into the 8GB SSD > memory my drive has. It becomes a totally different story when > compiling the kernel or installing large ports My understanding is they weren't intended to work like that. The last I heard was that the SSD was divided into two, one part specifically speeds up booting, and the other part caches sectors where the head had to seek to access a small amount of data.