http://ohgizmo.disqus.com/enSun, 30 Aug 2009 16:27:24 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/08/26/elecom-releases-nanossds-to-be-plugged-right-into-motherboard-why/#comment-15611012<p>These would be awesome in uses such as having a mother board control a robot and you want to minimize space.</p>Anthony OliverSun, 30 Aug 2009 16:27:24 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/08/26/elecom-releases-nanossds-to-be-plugged-right-into-motherboard-why/#comment-15435238<p>might be good for heat problems or for a mobile car computer. other then that i dont know.</p>lobosoloWed, 26 Aug 2009 15:48:09 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/08/26/elecom-releases-nanossds-to-be-plugged-right-into-motherboard-why/#comment-15433087<p>Only good reason I could think of is if you're building a complete system the size of an NES controller or something :) </p>at41183Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:58:25 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/08/26/elecom-releases-nanossds-to-be-plugged-right-into-motherboard-why/#comment-15422488<p>Cause SATA cables cause cancer?</p>blairf_felgenheimerWed, 26 Aug 2009 11:16:32 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/08/26/elecom-releases-nanossds-to-be-plugged-right-into-motherboard-why/#comment-15419690<p>This is mostly useful for embedded systems.</p>fbfbWed, 26 Aug 2009 10:14:52 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/08/26/elecom-releases-nanossds-to-be-plugged-right-into-motherboard-why/#comment-15414325<p>"Can anyone tell us, aside from the gee-whiz factor, why these are a good idea?"</p><p>Great for virtualisation. Store your hypervisor on the small ssd and then all your disk images elsewhere/shared storage. That way if your hypervisor dies, just load up another one and keep on moving.<br>These SSD's are a straight modern day DOM - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_on_module" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_on_module">http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...</a></p>gbhWed, 26 Aug 2009 07:35:14 -0000