SSDs - State of the Product?
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timwhit
Hairy Aussie
It says temporarily out. Guess they sold out.
udaman
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LOL, 80GG is too little; I'd wait for the 320GB if I was interested in Intel.
Right now I'd go for Vertex Turbo with new firmware in 256/250GB size (give performance is similar, better writes, etc compared to 2 gen Intel HH gives the 'editors choice' to, even if the cost/GB is higher).
http://hothardware.com/Articles/4Way-SSD-RoundUp-Redux-OCZ-Corsair-PhotoFast/
Right now I'd go for Vertex Turbo with new firmware in 256/250GB size (give performance is similar, better writes, etc compared to 2 gen Intel HH gives the 'editors choice' to, even if the cost/GB is higher).
http://hothardware.com/Articles/4Way-SSD-RoundUp-Redux-OCZ-Corsair-PhotoFast/
I've lost interest in the Intel G2 at this point. I reconfigured some drives. XP32 is actually booting off of a 7GB partition at the front of a 1001FALS, with page file on the same X25-E as the XP64 used primarily.
Gilbo
Storage is cool
Do you ever buy anything?
So far as I can tell, from DSLRs to SSDs, nothing is capable of doing the job for you.
(although I hadn't been looking very hard) that is the first supplier I've seen list the 1.8" model -- which, they have posted, will be shipping in 2-3 wks.
A brief note regarding the 1.8" Intel drives:
* they use the micro SATA power and data connectors
* they are true 3.3V devices (unlike the still 5V 2.5" models) so your PSU need provide true SATA power cables (5 wires; the 5th wire, the 3.3V llne, is typicaly oranage), else you need to get a voltage converter
* you can actually fairly easily source the necessary converters (power and data) to install this form factor in a system outside of a laptop designed to take this form factor.
I just figured Uda didn't want/couldn't afford to spend money for anything decent.
udaman
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Sheesh, and you can't even afford a friggin Leica S2 system> pot-kettle-black!
http://leicarumors.com/
decent is in the eye of the beholder. If the Canon 90is had HD 720 (next year) I would by it yesterday. Waiting for the reviews on the 90is. No, it's not what I consider 'decent' but *no* one makes anything I consider decent...get back to me in 5+yrs, and I'll give you a thumbs up on both compact digicams and SSD's. Right now, they all suck
I will assume LM has already taken the 'decent' $5k course from
http://www.kenrockwell.com/workshop.htm
My hero Ken R. just got back from nature tour of Point Reyes using his PnS Canon, what is 'decent'?
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/00-new-today.htm
I had some $56/oz tea a few weeks ago, pretty decent, but like SSD's *way* over-priced for what you get.
Was in Fry's a few weeks ago, every god damned dSLR I picked up had absurdly poor egonomics, as afar as those idiotic hand grips. Friggin poke the living daylights out of my fingers. Only the smaller Oly dSLR, with it's minimal handgrip, was *marginally* comfortable to hold up, one handed. Man they *all* suck, especially the larger dSLR's Canon 5D MkII and up, Nikon d90 and up. The entry level dSLR's are nowhere even close to wide enough, nor thin enough---what do they design those for, 6yr old children's hands? When is some brilliant Oly engineer going to put an AF, dSLR sensor full-frame into an Oly OM-1/OM-2 like body?
supposedly we'll get such a sensor in a Leica body (M9/X1) soon, but it will cost as much as an economy car...friggin absurd!
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/00-new-today.htm
^well then, I expect Gilbo, e_dawg, Tannin, and LM to be placing their orders for this ASAP, correct?
Oh yeah, I deserve the best, just not until the price drops below $1k, lol. We're the dSLR version of the Oly OM-1, damn it!
Mean while, I'm focused on buying last year's discontinued Montrail trail running shoes, after I get a good price on a custom molded orthotic. All for < than the price of this year's current Montrail Hardrock trail running shoe...SD couldn't do better on e-bay, lol.
Can't take pictures if my friggin feet/knee joints hurt too much. Besides the hillsides are still shrouded in smoke from the forest fires. That and LA's public transportation systems sucks donkey balls (so do all public trans btw). Just dont' have time for the less important things in life
.other than hot-arse Asian women:
http://www.japansubculture.com/2008...gh-paying-job-in-japans-sex-industry/#more-24
<edit, wrong link
>http://420hookups.com/2009/i-want-to-fuck-right-now-w4m-south-of-fresno-22yr/
^heh, why were there none like that when I was in college???
Will Rickards
Storage Is My Life
These SSD's can fit in the modular bay of a dell latitude D630 if they are 2.5", correct?
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Fatwah on Western Digital
My Thinkpads have Intel Turbo memory on them. Windows 7 doesn't want to use them as Readyboost memory, so I have them each formatted as a 1GB drive.
ddrueding
Fixture
Is it bootable?
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Nope.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
That's what Readyboost is supposed to be for in the first place.
Santilli
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Well, does it work???
Fushigi
Storage Is My Life
Nothing I can afford, but how about 500MBps sustained read, 320MBps sustained write, and no speed degradation over time?
Stereodude
Not really a
We'll file that one in the "Believe it when I see it" category.
ddrueding
Fixture
That "unlimited" sounds wrong. The chips will wear out if they are NAND. It might take 10 years, but it isn't unlimited.
Fushigi
Storage Is My Life
Maybe the "unlimited" small print defines unlimited as only so long as the warranty is in effect. Not sure. In my experience, enterprise HDs have a limited service life before they are replaced regardless of whether or not they are running error-free. We replace or upgrade servers/storage subsystems every 3-4 years on most machines. That might be changing as we move more and more storage to the SANs, though.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Can I get your server people to come talk to some of my customers about their data storage? Getting preventive drive upgrades is like pulling teeth!
Fushigi
Storage Is My Life
We used to buy servers (and desktop/laptops) with a 3 year warranty. After the warranty expires we would replace the machine. It's a simple way to ensure your equipment is always covered and a 3 year warranty isn't that expensive. We now do a 3 year warranty on non-servers but keep them for 4 years so one year w/no coverage. We now keep servers for 4 years as well but I'm not sure if we're buying 3 or 4 year warranties for those. With a global population of over 20K workstations & 1000+ servers you can imagine the savings achieved in moving from 3 to 4 years. It's also viable as modern hardware generally has a longer useful life now that we're on multi-core machines with more RAM capacity, SATA/SAS, etc.
I do have drives in my midrange systems from 2005, but they're in RAID sets and IBM keep spares in the local office; if one goes bad the replacement will be installed within about 4 hours. The midrange is an exception to the 3 or 4 year rule; we actually keep upgrading the same boxes (w/same serial numbers). As a major capital expense, this keeps the accountants and their depreciation schedules happy.
80GB G2 prices are still all over the place. How can they claim with a straight face that the prices are $10 off from "Original Price" when they were both $349.99 a few days ago and OEM was originally $229.99?
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Fatwah on Western Digital
MWave has 80GB X25Ms for $279. with code X25MSSD.
I've ordered from mwave several years ago without issue. I just looked at reseller ratings and they have a good mark. The first comment on the list mentions the intel SSD and a positive experience.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
mwave was one of my favorite internet resellers for several years before I started shopping at Newegg. They've always been a solid vendor. The fact that I still look at their sale Emails should say something, I hope.
That really is a pretty good deal on that drive. I paid $350 - $380 apiece for my X25s.
That really is a pretty good deal on that drive. I paid $350 - $380 apiece for my X25s.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
I would order one, but I've spent way too much money this month. Maybe next month.
ddrueding
Fixture
It should be very good. It will appear as it's own controller with a hard drive attached. All the really high-end stuff is going that way, as even the upcoming SATA spec isn't fast enough for these guys.
Of course, this will be stupid expensive, but I want one.
ddrueding
Fixture
If you find it for sale, let me know. I would expect it to be 2-4x the $/GB of the Intel drives.
Newegg prices or normal prices. :mrgrn:
Stereodude
Not really a
You could roll your own. It's just several SSD's on a PCIe x8 (or similar) RAID card. Grab a Dell Perc 5/i, 4 60GB OCZ Vertex SSD's, RAID-0 them, and bam...