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I bought this 64 GB 2.5" SATA II C 300 SSD disc from Crucial for 155 euros.  I have a LUKS encrypted Sabayon linux installed on it.  Now I am evaluating if that purchase was a good idea. /dev/sda:

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procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa
 0  0      0 2392240  40296 430904    0    0    19     3  559  649  8  3 89  0

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Showing information for /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sda1
  native-path:                 /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sda/sda1
  device:                      8:1
  device-file:                 /dev/sda1
    presentation:              /dev/sda1
    by-id:                     /dev/disk/by-id/ata-C300-CTFDDAC064MAG_00000000103402FCB23C-part1
    by-id:                     /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_C300-CTFDDAC06400000000103402FCB23C-part1
    by-id:                     /dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x500a075102fcb23c-part1
    by-id:                     /dev/disk/by-uuid/8a0b0f9c-919c-480a-8f35-960af823f847
    by-path:                   /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:12.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1
  detected at:                 Tue 22 Feb 2011 09:43:34 PM CET
  system internal:             1
  removable:                   0
  has media:                   1 (detected at Tue 22 Feb 2011 09:43:34 PM CET)
    detects change:            0
    detection by polling:      0
    detection inhibitable:     0
    detection inhibited:       0
  is read only:                0
  is mounted:                  1
  mount paths:             /boot
  mounted by uid:              0
  presentation hide:           0
  presentation nopolicy:       0
  presentation name:
  presentation icon:
  size:                        524288000
  block size:                  512
  job underway:                no
  usage:                       filesystem
  type:                        ext4
  version:                     1.0
  uuid:                        8a0b0f9c-919c-480a-8f35-960af823f847
  label:
  partition:
    part of:                   /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sda
    scheme:                    mbr
    number:                    1
    type:                      0x83
    flags:                     boot
    offset:                    1048576
    alignment offset:          0
    size:                      524288000
    label:
    uuid:

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Timing cached reads:   1484 MB in  2.00 seconds = 742.26 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 692 MB in  3.01 seconds = 230.10 MB/sec