On Nov 29, 2007 11:21 PM, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wade Curry wrote:
>
> > I've heard that solid state drives were the rage in the past, in
> > the mainframe shop I was in at least. But in the end they ditched
> > it because it wasn't nearly as reliable as the SCSI disk packs they
> > had been using.
>
> Really? When? Were those just RAM with batteries? I don't ever recall
> flash even being remotely in the running until this year.
>
> > Any remarks about the reliability? At this point I don't see it as
> > a particularly attractive feature quite aside from the astronomical
> > price.
>
My feeling for "in the past" for solid-state drives places them about
15 to 20 years ago.
DEC had some that were basically RAM arrays with a battery backup. I
think the price was about $50k for a 32MB unit. You really had to
want the low latency access.
carl
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