HD Section/ Network Setups Section

[jmann]

What can go wrong with an SSD?

[DoFoT9]

What can go wrong with an SSD?

tons of things, after a certain amount of read/writes to a particular segment it fails to be able to read/write to them. the SSD is capable of noticing that they are dead and not using them any longer, but it isnt capable of fixing them. so eventually you will have less and less space to utilise.

also, like any solid state memory - it can just stop working! lol

also: MLC drives still only have life time of 50,000 to 100,000 writes!

[jmann]

Thanks for the clarification. I can't wait because SSDs are only going to get better from here.

[DoFoT9]

Thanks for the clarification. I can't wait because SSDs are only going to get better from here.

thats ok, you would want to hope that they get better. ATM IMO they are nowhere near HDDs in terms of a lot of things. the price is just too high and their speeds are pathetic ATM.

[marc]

I'm not too sure on the read/write speeds. I remember when it was in the Eee PC it was somewhere around 30MB/s each way or so but that is running under slow conditions to start with and it was probably bottlenecked by the Eee PC's crappy other hardware. I will have to do a benchmark to test it when I get some time.

There are a couple of damaged sectors but that is to be expected given the hammering it gets being the swap drive!

I also have to agree, they are seriously overpriced, error prone and the storage capacity is just plain pathetic compared to the marginally slower (sometimes even faster depending on what SSD you actually have) SATA drives.

[Omi]

hmm this is a side to SSDs i didn't know. Interesting.

I was seriously considering them for my media (photos,videos, remixes) since I am accident prone. (Aka took a drive to school one day, that had my entire homefoler on it. By the time I got home I was getting the click of death.)

But now i'm wondering if its worth the cash!

-Omi

[DoFoT9]

I'm not too sure on the read/write speeds. I remember when it was in the Eee PC it was somewhere around 30MB/s each way or so but that is running under slow conditions to start with and it was probably bottlenecked by the Eee PC's crappy other hardware. I will have to do a benchmark to test it when I get some time.

hmm i would guess that it would still be somewhere around that mark then, maybe an extra 50% more max.

There are a couple of damaged sectors but that is to be expected given the hammering it gets being the swap drive!

haha oh yes, as a swap drive they wouldnt last too long

I also have to agree, they are seriously overpriced, error prone and the storage capacity is just plain pathetic compared to the marginally slower (sometimes even faster depending on what SSD you actually have) SATA drives.

i have seen RAID tests comparing SSDs to standard mechanical HDDs, the HDD wins by a lot, and you end up with 10X the storage for 1/10th of the price!!! so yea, NOT worth it IMO.

hmm this is a side to SSDs i didn't know. Interesting.

I was seriously considering them for my media (photos,videos, remixes) since I am accident prone. (Aka took a drive to school one day, that had my entire homefoler on it. By the time I got home I was getting the click of death.)

But now i'm wondering if its worth the cash!

-Omi

if you are accident prone it might be worth it lol! as long as you can afford it and can afford the cash/time to make regular back ups then it will be worth it. if not, then HDDs will be MUCH better.

again, not worth it.

[Fahad]

Damn guys don't reck my lust for buying one

[DoFoT9]

Damn guys don't reck my lust for buying one

Sorry, you have to know the truth though otherwise you might regret it.

[Fahad]

Sorry, you have to know the truth though otherwise you might regret it.

Apple thought me to "Never look back"