Solid State HDDs at OCUK

matja said:
Why use one of these instead of an (comparatively) inexpensive CF card and adaptor? It's not like you're gonna be storing media on it.
Click to expand...

I will be. I am hoping to test: Solid State HDD, CF Card (the fastest i can find) and USB stick (the fastest i can find)
 
Conrad11 said:
I will be. I am hoping to test: Solid State HDD, CF Card (the fastest i can find) and USB stick (the fastest i can find)
Click to expand...

do inform me if you've done it.

I want to know the performance differences.. not to interested abt USB flash drive though..
 
WoZZeR said:
I was always of the assumption that Flash Memory has a finite number of read/write cycles before its demise.:confused:
Click to expand...

Yup but I read that they are using some fancy way of using all the available bits on the flash media, and that doing so will offer a lifespan greater than ordinary hdd's :)
 
Ah, ta for that.:)

Edit: So they will still have a finite life in terms of read/write cycles as opposed to say an average mean time before failure?
 
Last edited:
naro said:
solid state have.. but those used for SSDs are of higher write cycles...
Click to expand...

Wonder what the reliability are like of these compared to existing drives? With no moving parts logic dictates they've got to be better.

Current drives still amaze me! A lump of magnetic material roating at X thousand RPM with a little head floating a fraction of a milimeter off the surface, and generally NOTHING ever gets lost, or goes wrong! Stunning really!
 
touch said:
300px-IBM_old_hdd_corrected.jpg

:p
Click to expand...

I remember those,
except they were single platter and 2 foot across ;)

.
 
I-ram is cheaper and much faster then flash and hdds in both seek times and throughput, plus it lasts forever. It's also more secure if you take the battery out, a kind of dead mans switch, as soon as someone trys to move the pc or remove the module, all data is wiped and completley unrecoverable, great if you'er running some sort of illegal operation and the police seize the pc. :p
 
Last edited:
tomos said:
i-ram is cheaper?

isnt it over a 100£ just for the i-ram? then add 8gigs (4x2GB) of ram and how is that cheaper?
Click to expand...

Well it's £40 for 1gb of ram, no idea on the i-ram module itself, but I'm pretty sure its less than £100. It's cheaper for a smaller capacity. ;) :p

I suppose those drives could be useful in laptops when the price drops by about 90%, but in pcs, if you want really fast speeds, i-ram is faster in all ways, and hard drives have a much bigger capacity and still better throughput. Sounds like readyboost would be better than flash drives tbh.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom