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Author:  james016 [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:28 pm ]
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OCZ have made the 1st 1TB SSD, it is in a 3.5inch format
It also costs $4,000! :o

http://www.neowin.net/news/first-1tb-ss ... et-wallets

Author:  TheHobgob [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:34 pm ]
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james016 wrote:
OCZ have made the 1st 1TB SSD, it is in a 3.5inch format
It also costs $4,000! :o

http://www.neowin.net/news/first-1tb-ss ... et-wallets


I was expecting that it would cost more TBH. The introduction of larger capacity SSD's makes them a viable option in terms of storage space. In the past the majority of people who care enough about SSD would have needed multiple drives or to use it purely as a boot disk. When a few more manufactures bring out large capacity SSD's the price will drop considerably.

I predict that in 3 years time we will all be buying SSD's rather than HDD's.

Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:47 pm ]
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I do think that they have a future. I think that the inherent advantages will make them standard in laptops in a few years as long as the price drops.

Author:  timark_uk [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:50 pm ]
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The current max write cycles of flash drives means that physical platters in drives will still be around for a very long time to come.

Mark

Author:  forquare1 [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:53 pm ]
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timark_uk wrote:
The current max write cycles of flash drives means that physical platters in drives will still be around for a very long time to come.

Mark


+1

Author:  ChurchCat [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:58 pm ]
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timark_uk wrote:
The current max write cycles of flash drives means that physical platters in drives will still be around for a very long time to come.

Mark


How many cycles is that then?
:?

Author:  jonlumb [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:59 pm ]
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Windows 7 is much better at managing them, as long as it knows it's an SSD.

Author:  JJW009 [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:01 pm ]
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timark_uk wrote:
The current max write cycles of flash drives means that physical platters in drives will still be around for a very long time to come.

Mark

Indeed, but there is a place fore both right now.

I have an SSD for my boot drive and a 10TB RAID5 hard drive array for storage.

At least, that's the plan... I currently have half of the components mostly in the wrong places, but I will get there soon. Probably...

Remember, depending on the exact usage an SSD might have a longer life than a HDD. It's all about the right device for the right job. SSDs have far more read cycles than a HDD provided your OS doesn't murder them!

Author:  Spreadie [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:07 pm ]
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timark_uk wrote:
The current max write cycles of flash drives means that physical platters in drives will still be around for a very long time to come.

Mark

I'm not so sure about that, current top end SSDs have five or ten year warranties and TRIM support. Increased capacity makes them more than a viable option although, obviously, an expensive one.

Author:  phantombudgie [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:21 pm ]
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JJW009 wrote:
10TB RAID5 hard drive array for storage.


Why sir, your drive is enormous, but at least you're playing safe :lol:

Author:  leeds_manc [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:38 pm ]
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*bides his time*

Author:  Nick [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:41 pm ]
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ChurchCat wrote:
timark_uk wrote:
The current max write cycles of flash drives means that physical platters in drives will still be around for a very long time to come.

Mark


How many cycles is that then?
:?


I've heard that it's about 100,000 per "block" (not sure what the proper term is).

Modern operating systems use algorithms which make sure that no single block is over used, and most likely store how many times they have written data so they can warn you when you are approaching the limit.

I'd guess that on a normal desktop machine you'd be more likely to run into a (completely unexpected) hardware problem on a typical HDD before having write problems on an SSD (which you can anticipate).

If you're going to be writing a LOT of data to disk, then you probably wouldn't be using SSD anyway because of the speeds.

Author:  koli [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:03 pm ]
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leeds_manc wrote:
*bides his time*

I don't know about that one...

I bought my 80gb Intel (G2) 7 months ago for £180. Today it costs £187. I am not saying they won't get cheaper, I am saying that SSDs are freaking awesome and definitely worth the money. No other upgrade will make such a markable difference to you computing experience like an SSD. I promise you guys, when you eventually get one you'll be regretting that you didn't get it sooner, they are that good.

Author:  Nick [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:07 pm ]
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Spot the early adopter. ;)

Author:  phantombudgie [ Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:13 pm ]
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koli wrote:
leeds_manc wrote:
*bides his time*

I don't know about that one...

I bought my 80gb Intel (G2) 7 months ago for £180. Today it costs £187. I am not saying they won't get cheaper, I am saying that SSDs are freaking awesome and definitely worth the money. No other upgrade will make such a markable difference to you computing experience like an SSD. I promise you guys, when you eventually get one you'll be regretting that you didn't get it sooner, they are that good.


+1

I got one for my finacee's PC when the prices were near their minimum (64GB Crucial for £145) - before the memory chip shortage - and the difference is night and day. I'm also waiting to upgrade mine, but waiting for the savings to accumulate rather than for the the prices to drop. Neither of which will happen anytime soon... :(

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