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Solid state hard-drives
Hi there,
Has anyone any experience/thoughts etc on solid state hard-drives? For example: http://www.sandisk.com/Oem/Default.aspx?CatID=1478 or http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/periphera...ler-161923.php Im thinking about an upgrade and was wondering whether I should be considering this, solid state, instead of the "usual" magnetic disc. The promise of vastly improved read/write speeds and reduced power consumption appeals greatly. The comparatively *limited* capacity is not an issue for me. thoughts? Lord0 |
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Lord0 wrote:
Hi there, Has anyone any experience/thoughts etc on solid state hard-drives? For example: http://www.sandisk.com/Oem/Default.aspx?CatID=1478 or http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/periphera...ler-161923.php Im thinking about an upgrade and was wondering whether I should be considering this, solid state, instead of the "usual" magnetic disc. The promise of vastly improved read/write speeds and reduced power consumption appeals greatly. The comparatively *limited* capacity is not an issue for me. thoughts? Lord0 Here is the spec for the first one. http://www.sandisk.com/Assets/File/p...000_1.8_DS.pdf Reading is faster than writing. Access time is 0.1 milliseconds, which is much better than a hard drive. The critical part to the Sandisk drive, is the mention of TrueFFS. That is what makes the device practical. TrueFFS is not mentioned in that PDF document, but fortunately it was mentioned on the web site you quote. AFAIK, Sandisk bought M-Systems, and TrueFFS was an asset of M-Systems. It is used for "wear leveling", and is how flash memory (with a limited number of write cycles per sector), can be used for ordinary hard drive applications. http://www.m-sys.com/NR/rdonlyres/FCC7D817-38A5-4D80-8471-67DA793EA255/0/TN_017_TrueFFS_Wear_Leveling_Mechanism.pdf|TN_017_ TrueFFS_Wear_Leveling_Mechanism.pdf "Wear leveling" patents, are what separates "the men from the boys". What technology does Samsung use ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear_levelling Paul |
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On 6 Feb 2007 02:08:57 -0800Whilst not letting inanimate objects know
we are in a hurry "Lord0" sent this : Hi there, Has anyone any experience/thoughts etc on solid state hard-drives? For example: http://www.sandisk.com/Oem/Default.aspx?CatID=1478 or http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/periphera...ler-161923.php Im thinking about an upgrade and was wondering whether I should be considering this, solid state, instead of the "usual" magnetic disc. The promise of vastly improved read/write speeds and reduced power consumption appeals greatly. The comparatively *limited* capacity is not an issue for me. thoughts? Lord0 I'd leave it a while but they are the future IMHO.Pyhsical hard drives will still be around for quite a while though because of their present cost and size, If you want a biggy, http://news.com.com/Here+comes+the+t...3-6147409.html -- Free Windows/PC help, http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...m?bandID=88558 |
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"Lord0" wrote in message ps.com... Hi there, Has anyone any experience/thoughts etc on solid state hard-drives? For example: http://www.sandisk.com/Oem/Default.aspx?CatID=1478 snip I'm sure the solid state HD is a great product... but do you know how much they cost. I did not see a price there...but the last time I looked at solid state HD pricing... I found them to ve *very* expensive. You may also want to look into hybrid drives |
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"Shepİ" wrote in message ... On 6 Feb 2007 02:08:57 -0800Whilst not letting inanimate objects know we are in a hurry "Lord0" sent this : Hi there, Has anyone any experience/thoughts etc on solid state hard-drives? For example: http://www.sandisk.com/Oem/Default.aspx?CatID=1478 or http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/periphera...ler-161923.php Im thinking about an upgrade and was wondering whether I should be considering this, solid state, instead of the "usual" magnetic disc. The promise of vastly improved read/write speeds and reduced power consumption appeals greatly. The comparatively *limited* capacity is not an issue for me. thoughts? Lord0 I'd leave it a while but they are the future IMHO.Pyhsical hard drives will still be around for quite a while though because of their present cost and size, If you want a biggy, http://news.com.com/Here+comes+the+t...3-6147409.html AND hybrid drives, that run on electric or gas g. -- Free Windows/PC help, http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...m?bandID=88558 |
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On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:07:20 GMTWhilst not letting inanimate objects
know we are in a hurry "1932" sent this : If you want a biggy, http://news.com.com/Here+comes+the+t...3-6147409.html AND hybrid drives, that run on electric or gas g. Or recycled hard drives :O -- Free Windows/PC help, http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...m?bandID=88558 |
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Solid state hard-drives
these aren't really a new idea... used a 'hard card' 5 years or so ago. at
that time they were not very reliable and very volatile. "Lord0" wrote in message ps.com... Hi there, Has anyone any experience/thoughts etc on solid state hard-drives? For example: http://www.sandisk.com/Oem/Default.aspx?CatID=1478 or http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/periphera...ler-161923.php Im thinking about an upgrade and was wondering whether I should be considering this, solid state, instead of the "usual" magnetic disc. The promise of vastly improved read/write speeds and reduced power consumption appeals greatly. The comparatively *limited* capacity is not an issue for me. thoughts? Lord0 |
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Yes SSD's are still pricey.
I found what appears to be a price here. http://japanese.engadget.com/2007/01...disk-32gb-ssd/ $600 for a 32gig drive?? Only if you're into extreme speed or need extrememe ruggedness. "philo" wrote in message ... "Lord0" wrote in message ps.com... Hi there, Has anyone any experience/thoughts etc on solid state hard-drives? For example: http://www.sandisk.com/Oem/Default.aspx?CatID=1478 snip I'm sure the solid state HD is a great product... but do you know how much they cost. I did not see a price there...but the last time I looked at solid state HD pricing... I found them to ve *very* expensive. You may also want to look into hybrid drives |
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Lord0 wrote:
Hi there, Has anyone any experience/thoughts etc on solid state hard-drives? For example: http://www.sandisk.com/Oem/Default.aspx?CatID=1478 or http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/periphera...ler-161923.php Im thinking about an upgrade and was wondering whether I should be considering this, solid state, instead of the "usual" magnetic disc. The promise of vastly improved read/write speeds and reduced power consumption appeals greatly. The comparatively *limited* capacity is not an issue for me. thoughts? Lord0 For wear resistent solid state persistent memory how about going for one of these 'ere old fangled bubble memory drives. http://www.decodesystems.com/tib0203.html If you could source a supply of those old chipsets you could make yourself a pretty interesting retro solid state storage device. Of course you would have to write a device driver for it and its capacity would be limited unless you could map to an addressable array of the things. They are probably dog slow by current day standards but at least they are solid state. |
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heck, how about some good old-fashiond core memory.
"ShazWozza" wrote in message u... Lord0 wrote: Hi there, Has anyone any experience/thoughts etc on solid state hard-drives? For example: http://www.sandisk.com/Oem/Default.aspx?CatID=1478 or http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/periphera...ler-161923.php Im thinking about an upgrade and was wondering whether I should be considering this, solid state, instead of the "usual" magnetic disc. The promise of vastly improved read/write speeds and reduced power consumption appeals greatly. The comparatively *limited* capacity is not an issue for me. thoughts? Lord0 For wear resistent solid state persistent memory how about going for one of these 'ere old fangled bubble memory drives. http://www.decodesystems.com/tib0203.html If you could source a supply of those old chipsets you could make yourself a pretty interesting retro solid state storage device. Of course you would have to write a device driver for it and its capacity would be limited unless you could map to an addressable array of the things. They are probably dog slow by current day standards but at least they are solid state. |
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