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PhotoFast CR-9000 6-Slot SDHC TF to 2.5" SATA II Flash Disk Adapter/Converter (192GB Max)

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- Model: PhotoFast SSD CR-9000 2.5inch SATA II Solid State Disk
- 6 slots SDHC to SATA SSD Adapter
- Supports up to 6 x 32GB SDHC SD TF cards
- Also supports non-SDHC TF cards
- All storage space will be combined and appear as one drive in your computer
- Perfect for creating huge SSD drive for computers
- Note: when using multiple TF cards all cards must be of the same capacity, inserted in the order of the numbered slots
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* Warranty information is located in the specifications section

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Ownership verified by DX Very impressive
Posted by spinron2 on 6/16/2009
Involvement: Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership: more than 1 month

Price: starstarstarstarstar
Ease of Use: starstarstarstarstar
Build Quality: starstarstarstarstar
Usefulness: starstarstarstarstar
Overall Rating: starstarstarstarstar

Pros: This enclosure houses up to 6 SDHC cards and stripes them together (a la RAID 0) as a single SATA II disk. It's completely fool-proof to operate: Insert the cards, and it works.
I have been using it for a few months now with six Transcend 150X 16GB cards (which, alas, DX doesn't carry). Read speed exceeds 150MB/s and write speed is roughly half of that. I have been using it as a replacement disk in a MacBook laptop. It absolutely screams, and puts other SSD modules I have tested to shame. Part of the reason for this is that it uses six stripes, whereas most SSD modules stripe only four modules together internally.

Cons: None, really.
The enclosure would work with less then six cards, but performance won't be optimal. Also, every time you change the memory configuration (i.e., add/remove a card, or change their order) the disk becomes unreadable. Not really a con, just a side-effect of how the hardware works.
I had initially believed using this would lead to quite significant gains in battery life of my laptop, but the improvement was not that significant. Instead of the usual four hours I was getting, I am now seeing about five hours worth of usage. Your mileage will undoubtedly vary depending on how much you actually use the hard disk in your laptop during work.

Other Thoughts: I am going to replace this enclosure with a 250GB/7200 RPM drive from WD (96GB is a little restrictive). This enclosure will be placed into a home-grown ZFS based NAS I built as an SSD cache disk, which is probably one of the best applications for it.
An important tip: Try to get MLC instead of SLC flash cards for the sake of long-term reliability, if you intend to modify the contents of the disk.

Bottomline: If you have a few bucks to spare and you want to get a tremendous boost in terms of disk speed as well as improve the battery life of your laptop, go for it.

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1-Year Manufacturer's Warranty: this warranty is offered directly by the manufacturer. Should the item become defective within the manufacturer's warranty period, customers may send the unit back to DX's Hong Kong office. DX will help forwarding the item to the manufacturer for repair or replacement, and will look after the progress. The customer will need to cover shipping fees both ways.
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Dimensions: 3.91 in x 2.78 in x 0.38 in
Weight: 5.4 oz
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