[fedora-arm] Opinions on flash or network drives for development work

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 03:42:53PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> I'm now doing quite a lot of compilation on my Chromebook and my Trim
> Slice.  It's OK, provided that two processes don't try to hit the disk
> at the same time, at which point everything grinds to a halt.
> 
> I'm using cheap SanDisk cards in both (not exactly sure of the model,
> but they're the cheapest branded ones).
> 
> Question is, would I be better to:
> 
>  - Use cards such as the "SanDisk Extreme Pro"
>    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005LFT3QG
>    (Does it make a difference, or is it designed to separate me from
>     my hard-earned money?)
> 
>  - Try again with using network drive, eg. iSCSI?  NFS?  NBD?  gluster ..?
>    (Note: the Chromebook kernel doesn't support NFS)
> 
>  - Is there a good performing network device which is less horrible to
>    configure than iSCSI?

Or another alternative might be:

 - External USB hard disk of some sort.

Rich.

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