RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-25 Thread Ken Schaefer
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2014 4:55 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD After reading some technical stuff on SSDs several weeks ago and how they work and wear-levelling

Re: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-25 Thread David Connors
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 3:55 PM, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: Whilst the idea of a really fast swap file is nice, the implementation of SSD's suggest that its a bad combo. Unless you do something like use a dedicated SSD for the swap drive, and eat the cost when it dies. I'm still a

RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Greg, Always horrible to hear that. What sort of drive was it? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: http://www.sqldownunder.com/ www.sqldownunder.com From:

RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread Ben.Robbins
and have had no problems with it. I'd back up everything you want to keep that is on that drive ASAP. Ben From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of GregAtGregLowDotCom Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2014 11:26 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] Weird symptoms

Re: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread Mark Hurd
no problems with it. I’d back up everything you want to keep that is on that drive ASAP. Ben *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *GregAtGregLowDotCom *Sent:* Tuesday, 25 March 2014 11:26 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* RE: [OT] Weird

RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread David Szkilnyk
I had something similar not too long ago. I have a 128g SSD that all it's had was my Virtualboxes on it. After the same thing happen and after some investigation I removed the SSD for a large Velicoraptor drive. The diffence between the SSD and Velicoraptor is minor in speed but I was

Re: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread Greg Keogh
you want to keep that is on that drive ASAP. Ben *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *GregAtGregLowDotCom *Sent:* Tuesday, 25 March 2014 11:26 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD Hi Greg, Always

RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread ILT (O)
and SSDs (and probably, controllers). _ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 12:16 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD Chaps

RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread Stephen Price
All this talk of Macs, maybe its time you switched to Apple? -Original Message- From: Greg Keogh g...@mira.net Sent: ‎25/‎03/‎2014 10:59 AM To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD Folks, I have a warning post: Since I installed a fresh Windows 7 on an

Re: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread Greg Keogh
All this talk of Macs, maybe its time you switched to Apple? I saw some of *Star Trek Generations* movie on telly last night, and want one of their computers, it does everything, but you till seem to need a keyboard even though you can talk to it. I'd like to be able to sit down at the PC in

RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread Ken Schaefer
-experiment-data-retention-after-600tb 600TB written to these SSDs, and they’re still going. Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2014 3:16 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD Chaps

Re: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread mike smith
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Chaps, it's a SanDisk 240MB, which is suspicious regarding your comments! I just went up to MSY and got a replacement, a Kingston this time, not another SanDisk. The shop guy said they'll send the SSD back to be analysed and