SATA Compact Flash

[drak3]

Hello all,

I am thinking of a new project of my, and I found out about SATA adapters that will take in a CF card. The cards look quite fast, and I wonder if using this adapters it will look like a "hard disk" to the system.

Is there a special controller onboard the adapter that hooks with the device driver in the OS and makes the whole thing "adapter + CF" look like a hard disk to the OS?


I assume if the above is true you can RAID?

Hows the speed compared to a small "2.5 disk"? Battery I assume will be best with CF tho right?

Thanks for any info.

 

[drak3]

Thanks for your info rpstewart, appreciated.

CF with adaptor is what I need it seems, except the "dies" part.

Are we talking years or months here assuming the "hard disk" (CF) will be accessed like a desktop (will be in the car and play music some hours / day I guess).

Thanks