Is SSD really worth it?

PhilipM · 15 Oct 2008 at 16:42

How much quicker is an SSD drive over a normal 3.5" HDD? I'm sure I could look up stats, but what's the difference in the real world? How much quicker is it to boot XP for example?

psychas · 15 Oct 2008 at 16:58

Imy · 15 Oct 2008 at 17:03

With regards to performance, I would say the new Intel SSD's would be worth it but current ones aren't unless you RAID.

I've worryingly been thinking about trading my 2 x 15krpm SAS drives for one or more Intel SSD drives when they become available (and likely after a price drop).

EsaT · 15 Oct 2008 at 17:45

Imy said:
With regards to performance, I would say the new Intel SSD's would be worth it but current ones aren't unless you RAID.

Yep, that one review showed that most SSDs are just horrible in small random writes...
And Intel SSDs are really expensive.

I'm myself going to get four 640GB WDs for RAID10, that would double STR and give nice boost to random accessing of small files... and includes tolerance against drive failure.
In year or two SSDs should get much more affordable so then I'll just add one for system/programs and keep RAID array for data.

Spyhop · 15 Oct 2008 at 18:10

In terms of bang for buck: no way!

milkinc13 · 15 Oct 2008 at 19:48

wait till prices crash but a large amount. but at current prices u'd be a fool to spend out on SSD's

yashiro · 15 Oct 2008 at 20:46

Intel SSD's are good, but don't spend your own money on one.
Scam one through work or wait 3yrs for the price to drop.

PhilipM · 15 Oct 2008 at 21:35

Thanks, just the sort of info I was looking for!

BlackAle · 16 Oct 2008 at 00:22

EsaT said:
I'm myself going to get four 640GB WDs for RAID10, that would double STR and give nice boost to random accessing of small files... and includes tolerance against drive failure.

...and a few more for backup I presume?...