[Discuss] SSD in PC?

[Patrick]

On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:34:37 -0700
Lloyd Budd wrote:

> Hi Luggers,
> 
> Anyone using a solid state drive in their Linux powered PC? Details?
> 
> I know I don't *need* it, but I'm always tempted by better performance ;-)

Seems to work okay in an Asus EEE.  I've heard conflicting
reports about their lifespan though.  Some worry about the
limited number of writes you can put into a flash memory device,
while someone else on the eeeuser forum said he'd been part of a
handheld stuff users' group for years, and never ran into one
that failed in real-world use.

Can't remember where I saw this either, but somewhere, someone
theorized that you could write continuously to a 4GB flash device
for 51 years before noticing any serious problems.  So, for this
year at least, I guess the jury's still out.

The access time isn't noticeably longer or shorter than with a
conventional HD, but it is quieter.


> 
> Thank you,
> Lloyd

No problem,

Patrick.

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