OTOH, they survive being dropped whilst spinning. Not that SSD drives spin, at least at the local level.
To wrap up then: - SSD's might die inside a year, but the warranty deals with that. How quickly? - keep your data on a repository (if you don't do this for other good reasons) Enjoy snake-fast access. On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Michael Minutillo < [email protected]> wrote: > I think he's referring to the fact they fail catastrophically without > warning. They don't start to make a weird noise. They don't get bad sectors > for 2 or 3 days before you replace them. One they work fine. The next they > do not. > > > http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/05/the-hot-crazy-solid-state-drive-scale.html > > > Michael M. Minutillo > Indiscriminate Information Sponge > Blog: http://codermike.com > > > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Ian Thomas <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Piers >> >> What is particularly different about SSDs that you referred to “the kind >> of sudden violent death that only SSD's can really manage”? >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Ian Thomas >> Victoria Park, Western Australia >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Piers Williams >> *Sent:* Thursday, June 02, 2011 4:38 PM >> *To:* ozDotNet >> *Subject:* Re: [OT] Cloud backup >> >> >> >> I use Skydrive to keep working files in sync between my various laptops >> and workstations (though seems a bit more fussy about firewalls than Mesh >> Beta was), but for backups you need a real backup solution. You accidentally >> delete a file on a sync service and you'll soon realize the difference (as >> Mike M will attest). >> >> >> >> I eval'd Mozzy, but eventually went with Crashplan. I'm paying for the >> unlimited, multi-machine option, which seems to work pretty well. After the >> wife's laptop died the kind of sudden violent death that only SSD's can >> really manage I'm a bit more sensitive to backing *all of them* up, and this >> is definitely a step up from occasionally burning DVDs and sticking them in >> my desk drawer. >> >> >> >> Crashplan also has a mode (usable in the free version) where you can >> backup to a friend / family's PC (if they've got lots of free space). Even >> better if they're in a different country, far from the impending disaster. >> >> >> >> One limitation with Crashplan is that (mostly due to the licencing model, >> but there are some technical reasons too) backups from UNC shares are not >> supported (possible, just not supported), so your NAS devices are exposed. >> >> >> >> (As an aside: one of these guys should team up with one of our major ISPs >> to offer an integrated, unmetered service. They'd clean up I reckon. Anyone >> from IINet listening?) >> >> >> >> On 1 June 2011 09:14, Corneliu I. Tusnea <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Stephen, >> >> >> >> Windows Live Mesh works great. It's free for up to 5Gb and uses the >> Windows SkyDrive to store the data: >> >> http://explore.live.com/windows-live-mesh?os=other >> >> It's more of a sync service than backup (if you delete a file it gets >> deleted from the cloud storage and it does not store older versions of >> files) >> >> >> >> I just love it. I sync data with multiple computers and has basically zero >> CPU usage during sync. >> >> The other services is DropBox. Quite good. >> >> >> >> Corneliu >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:35 AM, William Luu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> You could also sync/backup your stuff to Windows Live SkyDrive - >> http://explore.live.com/windows-live-skydrive >> >> >> >> On 1 June 2011 10:30, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Stephen, Crashplan looked great until I noticed they have some kind of >> per-machine restriction on all but the top plan. This make no sense, as if >> I >> buy the space, then I expect to be able to use from absa-bloody-lutely >> anywhere, I mean, it's the space that counts, not where it comes from -- >> Greg >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> piers >> more pedantry at http://piers7.blogspot.com/ >> > > -- Meski "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
