But those little drives dwarf the size of the biggest SSD @ ~200% less
price/GB.
On Feb 1, 2011 6:41 PM, "Bino Gopal" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Yeah, I mean with HDs, once they get too small, I'm fine with replacing
them and moving the data onto something bigger.
>
> In the case of SSDs, not only bigger, but faster too-and since it's
changing so fast, I'm ok with faster change with these.
>
> And I don't want to have 10-20 little drives hanging around taking power,
so they just get retired. *shrug* Just how I see things for now...
>
> BINO
>
>
>> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 19:06:22 -0500
>> From: [email protected]
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [H] SSD tech
>>
>> Amen! The SSD is there to make things better for me, not for me to
>> nurse it to old age!
>>
>> BTW, mine is over a year old now.
>>
>> On 2/1/2011 3:35 PM, Greg Sevart wrote:
>> > But in trying to extend their theoretical lifespan, you end up missing
a big
>> > part of their performance advantage...I'd rather get maximum benefit
from it
>> > and replace it than baby it but have it last 12 years.
>> >
>> > In any case, you should be looking at 5+ years of write lifetime under
>> > normal usage scenarios anyway, which is more than enough for me.
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware-
>> >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of FORC5
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 1:00 PM
>> >> To: [email protected]
>> >> Subject: [H] SSD tech
>> >>
>> >> I suppose that is why SSD's are technology in flux (IMO) and I may
have
>> >> froggy hopped too soon there also. My limited understanding which may
be
>> >> in error is that they will not delete data until new is written, which
I
>> >> understand as files are not overwritten.
>> >> Jump in anyone.
>> >> fp
>> >>
>> >> At 11:42 AM 2/1/2011, DSinc Poked the stick with:
>> >>> I thought SSD's worked best, lasted longest, in a Write Once-Read
Many
>> > I/O
>> >> scenario. I would think that misc. temp files, page files, logs,
dumps,
>> > and
>> >> other Windows operational stuff would quickly use up the finite number
of
>> >> SSD internal operations. JMHO. And I freely admit that I do NOT fully
>> >> comprehend the internals of the Windows OS. I do see that XP is very
>> >> stable against my attempts at PEBCAK. Still, I still see the OS grow
>> > larger
>> >> over time.
>> >>> I so know I am on some thin ice ATM.......... :) Best, Duncan
>> >>>
>> >> --
>> >> Tallyho ! ]:8)
>> >> Taglines below !
>> >> --
>> >> My computer has EMS....Won't you help?
>> >
>> >
>> >
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