Re: SSD vs HDD

[Mike <koldark@xxxxxxxxx>]

Your not the only one concerned.

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 12:27 PM, <daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Enterprise drives usually ship with double the flash it actually needs
> > to provide the capacity, plus the are SLC which can sustain around
> > 100'000 erase/write cycles. Also, the controller dynamically remaps
> > sectors to provide even write distribution.
> >
> > While this is still a new technology, it's nowhere near as bad as
> > you're trying to make it sound.
>
> I'm not trying to make *it* sound bad, I'm trying to make *me* sound
> concerned.  The more mission-critical it gets, the more important it is
> that you can count on it.  I DO believe that SSD drives will eventually
> take the place of mechanical hard drives.  It's a fun proof-of-concept
> right now to see them run rings around traditional hard drives in speed. I
> just want to see them get a bit more robust before I consider them ready
> for prime time.
>
> I think that I've heard in normal PC applications a SSD will run for about
> 5 years before going read-only.  My point is just that in the world of the
> i, it seems like the usage would be more intense, the cost-performance
> would be more of an issue, and the critical nature of the data would be
> more valuable.
>
>
> Dave Parnin
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