Re: [PCWorks] Burning CDs
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:12:55 -0600
Sure, but we're back again to SSD HD's being too EM sensitive,
and back again to optical being the best for portable physical
storage medium.
Below I was just mentioning the types of storage I use
(portable AND non-portable) because none can be totally
trusted. I guess I should have put a paragraph in there
somewhere.
-Clint
God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Kaulback"
So am I Clint, which is why I mentioned the interfaces
available. If you
need something portable, be it firewire or usb or e-sata then
you can
use an ssd.
And as you stated below:
"All those flash drives and media cards are sensitive to
electromagnetic
fields. Get too close to one, and your data is fried. That's
why I use
optical media, and media cards, and HD's. There's solid state
HD's out
now, but I think they are just like memory cards, too sensitive
to EM
fields."
Peter Kaulback
Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote:
>> As for electromagnetic fields, hard drives
>> can be affected by them as well.
>
> Sure, but we were talking about convenient **portable**
> storage
> methods other than optical media. ;-)
> -Clint
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Kaulback"
>
> Solid state drives are used in the enterprise widely, and are
> common in
> the new netbooks as well. One prime factor in ssd's is that
> they are far
> more shock proof than hdd's, try dropping a hard drive and
> see
> how well
> it works after, do the same drop with an ssd and your data is
> safe. They
> have higher average time between failure, near 1,000,000
> hours.
>
> As for electromagnetic fields, hard drives can be affected by
> them as
> well. Put a hdd next to an electric motor and it will be
> affected as it
> can slow or stop altogether. The biggest problem I see right
> now is the
> price, a 128gb ssd goes for over $400.00. Size for consumers
> is
> at about
> 250 gb, in the enterprise there are 1.5tb and bigger ssd's.
>
> Now some great features of ssd's are low power consumption,
> noiseless
> operation due to no moving parts, error correction, and they
> can be
> encrypted even when removed from their system (laptop or
> desktop). Plus
> they have multiple interfaces available: pcmcia, usb, pata,
> sata, etc.
>
> I like the idea of plugging a fast and secure drive into the
> pcmcia slot
> my laptop that won't suck power or heat up too much.
>
> It all comes down to proper handling, one doesn't leave
> cd/dvd's laying
> loose on a desk or the floor, they are kept in cases or
> folders
> to
> protect them. Leave a hard drive loose on a desk or near crt
> monitors
> too long and they won't satisfy your needs, so one uses an
> enclosure of
> some kind. And you don't leave a memory stick in a usb port
> all
> the time
> through successive reboots (though I have run one through a
> wash load
> and it still works flawlessly).
>
> Sorry for the long winded rant ;)
>
> Peter Kaulback
>
> David Grossman wrote:
>> Actually, I'm very optimistic about the future of solid
>> state
>> hard drives.
>> As you wrote in your other email, solid state technology is
>> not ready for
>> prime time. That's true. The technology is too new, so there
>> are bugs in it
>> now.
>>
>> However (and as opposed to CD/DVD technology) the industry
>> is
>> working on
>> solid state technology and is trying to improve it. That
>> should make a great
>> deal of difference in the future.
>>
>> David Grossman
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah that's because there's nothing to replace it. All
>>> those
>>> flash drives and media cards are sensitive to
>>> electromagnetic
>>> fields. Get too close to one, and your data is fried.
>>> That's
>>> why I use optical media, and media cards, and HD's.
>>> There's
>>> solid state HD's out now, but I think they are just like
>>> memory
>>> cards, too sensitive to EM fields.
>>> -Clint
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "David Grossman"
>>>
>>> Nonetheless, CD/DVD media has withstood the test of time,
>>> and
>>> it is still
>>> very popular. By now, it should have been replaced by
>>> something
>>> better - and
>>> less flaky.
>>> David Grossman
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