Want an SSD to speed up your boot times?

[SuperSparks]

Is 100TB enough for you?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/16/tower_of_power/

I imagine you need more than the spare change in your pocket for one though

[Train]

Why I could retire, seeing the bases for their figure.

[SpywareDr]

Drool.

[bistro]

Well, I'll just have to run right out and get me one of them'thar giant SSD doohickies...

[SuperSparks]

Yeah right, as if just one would do you

[Train]

one Dozen.

[bistro]

...just as soon as that lottery ticket comes through for me.


Seriously though, a high capacity SSD is in the plans....as soon as they start quoting more realistic prices.

But, wow....a 100TB drive might have juuuuuust enough room for all my games and tweaking programs.

[SuperSparks]

Well, if you really are after one, this looks a bit more realistic for us mortals:

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...ssd-hits-shops

[Train]

"with a read rate of up to 260 MBps, write of up to 260MBps and sustained write of up to 230MBps."

Now that is flying!

[bistro]

For about $500 less, you could take 4x OCZ 250GB SSDs and put them in a 4-way RAID 0 to yield 1TB. SSD RAID appears to be more reliable than regular RAID....however, the risk of a crash and subsequent data loss is still there.

Tip: If you are contemplating a SSD, make skippy sure it supports the TRIM Command (or has the firmware update)....otherwise the unit tends to slow down considerably after a few weeks of use. Some folks have reported that the read/write speeds of their new SSDs have slowed down to regular hard drive speeds. Kind of an expensive "upgrade" for the same performance.

[SuperSparks]

I'm not quite convinced by SSD yet, I have to be honest. I did briefly consider it for my latest rig, but I decided it's still too pricey and there are too many niggles with it, such as those. I reckon it needs another 2 or 3 years to mature fully.

[bistro]

Yeah...that's what that TRIM Command was for....to address the problem of write-overs in SSDs; a bottleneck. Before, the unit had to erase data before it could write "over" old data. With the TRIM, it can write immediately; makes it faster and increases longevity. Still, like you say, it is a somewhat new technology and a bit pricey. May wait a year or so for the prices to come down and see if they come up with some more innovations to make them even better. But I see hard drives going the way of floppy drives in about 10 years...perhaps sooner if the SSD prices drop. Hope springs eternal...