Paul M wrote: > Eugen Leitl wrote: > >> I was thinking a real 2.5" SSD would have a MTBF comparable to a >> real hard drive (SanDisk claims 2 Mh MTBF, can't find any such >> for Hama SSD, which is a bargain at about 100 EUR for 4 GByte, >> which probably already answers my question). >> > > > I think that "proper" ssd units designed to replace a regular magnetic > hard drive have to have very sophisticated wear-levelling algorithms, > and probably have an intermediate store for written data, e.g. some > battery-backed SRAM or non-wearable memory. >
Yeah, like this one: http://www.superssd.com Of course, unless you're prepared to spend a six-figure-sum, you don't need to think about buying one of those kits. For a busy mail scratch-dir, this should do wonders. For a firewall: probably overkill... Rainer
