[ncolug] Re: SSDs have a 'bleak' future, researchers say

  • From: Larry DiGioia <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:51:00 -0500

1TB SSDs are presently going for $4000+

On 02/17/2012 06:30 PM, Kory Pounds wrote:

Mike K:

So if an SSD drive is advertised as 1 Terabyte in size, what would you
think the actual size would be to compensate for this?

Kory P.

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:50 PM, M. Knisely<charon79m@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:

It should also be noted that these drives have internal control systems that
take care of wear leveling the cells and are much larger than advertised
capacity so when sections wear out they can be marked as bad without
impacting the drives presented capacity.

Mike

On Feb 17, 2012 12:16 PM, "Jim Willeke"<jim@xxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:

I have several people using MacBook Airs that are over a year old with no
issues.

On Friday, February 17, 2012, DiGioia, Larry<larry.digioia@xxxxxx>  wrote:

I won't dispute what Mike says    : )

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Subject: [ncolug] Re: SSDs have a 'bleak' future, researchers say

On 02/17/12 08:59, DiGioia, Larry wrote:

I have been using an SSD on my main linux machine for 3 years now. I
have them in other desktops and laptops as well, never had an issue,
as long as I follow certain guidelines when building the machine -

1.) make sure the controller (chipset) is up to it
2.) update the firmware
3.) make sure the machine is set to use AHCI - see
http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/Why-do-i-need-AHCI-
with-a-SSD-Drive-Guide-Here-Crucial-AHCI-vs/td-p/57078

My opinion is that I will scrap the computer before I reach end-of-life
on writes. I wouldn't put one in a server yet though.


I won't dispute what Larry says about the SSD here.  He surely has more
experience with it that I.  I would point out that his end of life for a
machine is probably much sooner that many of us.  This message is coming
from a machine upgrades with parts I bought from him many, many moons ago.
  It is soon to retire as my main use machine though.

Mike

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