SSD Disks

they should be a big improvement. The hard drive has always been the bottle neck in computers. I was tempted to get one in my new laptop but in the end price put me off, as well as the limited size that was available then
 
I've heard that there's a limit to how many times you can write/rewrite on SS drives (doesn't SSD stand for "solid-state drive/disk", btw, so it's like saying PIN Number? ;)), which kinda makes me nervous - I know standard magnetic disk HDD's are by no means bulletproof, but I've owned a LOT of computers over the years (between me and my parents), and not one has had a HDD die (and we use 'em for like 6-7 years before we can 'em).
 
They can write millions of times, basically like an SD/flash card etc... i've never had one of those die on me either, so who knows.
I don't really think they've been able to really test them for that many writes and such since it would take a LONG ASS TIME.

however, it is exciting.
 
Metaltastic said:
I've heard that there's a limit to how many times you can write/rewrite on SS drives (doesn't SSD stand for "solid-state drive/disk", btw, so it's like saying PIN Number? ;)), which kinda makes me nervous - I know standard magnetic disk HDD's are by no means bulletproof, but I've owned a LOT of computers over the years (between me and my parents), and not one has had a HDD die (and we use 'em for like 6-7 years before we can 'em).
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Actually (and correct me if I'm wrong, wouldn't be the first time) AFAIK the old HDD's we use can write/rewrite less times than the new SSD disks, so that shouldn't be a problem.
 
My little Eee PC here has a SSD and I use it pretty regularly for ultra-mobile tracking. Works like a charm! I've even done some tracking straight to SD cards because the SSD is rather tiny and you can transport your files so easily this way to your preferred mixing place/environment.

I love em. No more Laptop HDD dying from travelling, drains less power, makes no noise, good bandwith ... They have a limited life-span like every medium, or read/write-cycles to be exactly, but we all know how prone to all kind of environmental issues HDDs can be.
 
jhakwe said:
Actually (and correct me if I'm wrong, wouldn't be the first time) AFAIK the old HDD's we use can write/rewrite less times than the new SSD disks, so that shouldn't be a problem.
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News to me, but I'm HARDLY in the know with computer stuff, so that could very well be the case!
 
Metaltastic said:
News to me, but I'm HARDLY in the know with computer stuff, so that could very well be the case!
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Don't take it as a fact, though, but I recall reading that the whole hysteria about the rewrite-limit on SSD disks was because no-one came to think that pretty much every physical medium has the same sort of limit. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable chimes in on this and tells me home things really are :D
 
Hmm this is very much intriguing me now... check this RAID speed out lads! BTW, do not worry about length of rewrite in the slightest... Samsung recently boasted that the drives will outlast their owners :) An SLC SSD being re-written at maximum speed won't hit it's rewrite limit for about 30 years.

 
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OCZ are quoting 170 years (1.5 million hours) mean time before failure... I'd say thats pretty reliable... I may have to buy one soon.

Joe
 
While any given 'spot' of the disk has a limited number of writes... the count is fucking HUGE, and the drive automatically evens the load out to prevent individual areas from going tits-up too quickly. I'd still give it a little more time, personally, but since hard drives are often bottlenecks it might not be a bad idea.

Executioner, there are a lot of 'safeties' involved in these things - spreading loads out evenly and other ways of writing 'intelligently' - so what they can do is find how long it takes specific parts to die after full-on skullfuckery, figure out how much time they're buying by using the smart ways of writing, pass everything through a flux capacitor and a Heisenberg compensator, and see what they can get away with saying.

As with any storage devices, though... FUCKING BACKUPS. YESTERDAY. If you're concerned about reliability, but you don't backup your 'conventional' disks, go ask the nearest oncoming train for advice - you'll probably need to get right in front of it to get its attention, but you'll know when they get to you.

Jeff
 
^ & couldnt agree more with the backups comment from Jeff. Im going to grab a little 64 GB one this weekend and wack my OS onto it. Things should move fairly quickly, but obviously for my samples & VST libraries there isnt going to be too much of a change as they wil be loading from other drives. I'll let you know how it goes :) Maybe a youtube video will be handy.
 
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