Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
A clean install is the best way to do it?
SSDs - State of the Product?
- Thread starter ddrueding
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A clean install is the best way to do it?
Which should be about August for the OCD. Or you can buy one in March and after it fails in April, wait until August for the replacement to arrive. :lol:
Stereodude
Not really a
That depends on the OS you're installing. Windows 7 and Vista will align itself. XP does not so you'd want to partition it with something like a gparted LiveCD first.
Why not clone it first and see? Then you can compare or do whatever. :reindeer:
Pradeep
Storage? I am Storage!
time
Storage? I am Storage!
Despite the constant promotion during the review, why on earth would anyone bother with it? It under-performs all Sandforce and Corsair on SATA 2, needing SATA 3 to open up any advantage. Even then, it fails to impress on some key benchmarks such as 'database'. :roll:
I'd like to believe in a manufacturer that overcharges while using a rival's controller and is in the middle of an absolute pig of a recall on nearly all their current chipsets, but for some reason I feel the need for a bit more reassurance.
I'd like to believe in a manufacturer that overcharges while using a rival's controller and is in the middle of an absolute pig of a recall on nearly all their current chipsets, but for some reason I feel the need for a bit more reassurance.
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
Has anyone put the host operating system and the guest operating system on an SSD? (using VirtualBox)
ddrueding
Fixture
I don't use VBox, but I have the host and guest on an SSD all the time.
The Intel drive is a disappointment to me. Who's next to offer their next generation SSD? I like the SandForce offering in the OCZ Vertex 3, but I'm not sold on OCZ as a distributor.
Stereodude
Not really a
It does surprise me a little that Intel didn't make a 2nd generation controller, or if they did it wasn't good enough to make the cut. What exactly are they bringing to the table other than the Intel name cache'.
That truly blows. :jokecolor: Now where is that the next-gen X-25E?
That truly blows. :erm: Now where is that the next-gen X-25E?
That truly blows. :cherry: Now where is that the next-gen X-25E?
Stereodude
Not really a
Triple post! :rofl:
ddrueding
Fixture
They only got into the SSD game because everyone else was making real crap. I don't know why they are in there now.
So now we are stuck with flakey mediocrity?
ddrueding
Fixture
I suspect that they have found very few people will pay appropriately more for a higher-quality drive. It simply isn't something that the OC/tweaker/fanboi crowd cares about.
The rest of us get to choose between flakey mediocrity and super expensive enterprise stuff.
ddrueding
Fixture
You can jump into the RevoDrive pool with me; they are very fast. OCZ is a liability, I understand that, but it hasn't bitten me yet, and I have at least 15 of these things.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I would continue to buy Intel's SSDs based on continued goodwill toward their products and the simplicity of customer service interactions. That is something much more valuable than a small performance difference between its product and whatever the performance leader happens to be at the moment.
I would agree with that in general, but I feel like Intel came in strong and sizzled a bit. When I want an Intel SSD, I want their controller chip that they developed. Now they've thrown that out the window for some reason and gone with Marvell? This feels like a bandage to a last minute design change to get in on the 6Gb SATA that they originally planned to miss out on because they didn't think people wanted or needed this. Now if they plan to leave this as a lower-end unit and then come out with a new high-end using their own controller, I might be ok with that.
What might be a nice change of events is if they incorporate their own future SSDs using their 10Gb Light Peak interface in some kind of internal connection and say FU to the 6Gb and even power the device through the internal interface.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Do we know that they're even working on another memory controller?
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
With the price they ask for it, they don't seem to have planned this as a lower-end unit.
It is not 6GBps SATA though, correct?
ddrueding
Fixture
It is 4x PCIe. Much better than any SATA IMHO.
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
I installed my first SSD last night. Did a clean install of Server 2008 R2.
Is there anything I have to do to get Trim to work.
Any other anomolies I should be watching for?
Crucial C300 64GB
Is there anything I have to do to get Trim to work.
Any other anomolies I should be watching for?
Crucial C300 64GB
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
Intel P35 chipset, All SATA, no onboard RAID contoller in use.
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
Is there any advantage, or is it even posible to change the cluster size on an SSD?
It is different, not necessarily better. Is a fork better than a spoon? :flower:
ddrueding
Fixture
Honestly, the OCZ boards still have an SATA interface between the flash and the RAID controller, but it is optimized better than I could do it, and the install is so darn clean.
Howell
Storage? I am Storage!
Do SSDs do any prefetch read-caching or include any cache memory in the packaging? I am assuming that flash is slightly slower than RAM (CMOS?).
Chewy509
Wotty wot wot.
You have to dig through the specs, but most do include some cache in the order of 16-64MB. The new Intel 510 SSD has 128MB cache onboard, so would expect all new SSDs coming out will be similar in that regard.
That's a weird comparison question. It's not like the hard drive reads and writes anything other that data where as you may eat different types of food.
ddrueding
Fixture
Sorry to hear that (twice). Medical issues?