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Title: Negatives of SSD?
Post by: qwerty on 13 March 2008, 18:48:23

Hi,

Im about to buy 2x 64gb SSD ard Drives. I know the positives of them (improved speed) , but is there any negatives i should know about?

 ;)

Title: Re: Negatives of SSD?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 13 March 2008, 19:22:10

Hmmmm......what make?

I assume they are Flash based technology which has major problems when it comes to reliable storage, its fine for media where the odd bit error makes no odds, but for applications it can be disasterous!

Remember also that write speeds are slower due to the block write nature of NAND flash technology.

Title: Re: Negatives of SSD?
Post by: supermop on 14 March 2008, 13:24:46

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Hi,

Im about to buy 2x 64gb SSD ard Drives. I know the positives of them (improved speed) , but is there any negatives i should know about?

 ;)

Lifespan. The things only do so many read/write operations before the physics of the technology start to take their toll.

Price per GB is huge compared to magnetic storage.

Title: Re: Negatives of SSD?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 14 March 2008, 14:04:14

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Hi,

Im about to buy 2x 64gb SSD ard Drives. I know the positives of them (improved speed) , but is there any negatives i should know about?

 ;)

Lifespan. The things only do so many read/write operations before the physics of the technology start to take their toll.

Price per GB is huge compared to magnetic storage.

And there not reliable storage, did I mention that before because, there not reliable storage.

Title: Re: Negatives of SSD?
Post by: Bo Bo on 14 March 2008, 14:05:41

I don't think they're reliable storage  ::)

Title: Re: Negatives of SSD?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 14 March 2008, 14:09:52

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I don't think they're reliable storage  ::)

Have I not mentioned the fundamental design defect I have had to manage recently due to compact flash with alzheimers.....