SSD Disks

[ApolloSpeed]

I think those first generation SSD drives were not so good.......but the new ones like Intel X25 and the OCZ Vertex are shredding 300gb Raptors


For instance:

500GB 7200 RPM drive - 64.3MB/s avg.write
300GB 10,000RPM Raptor - 99.3MB/s avg.write
OCZ 60GB Vertex- 137.0MB/s avg.write


Raptor 300gb Access time = 7.4 ms
OCZ 60GB Vertex Access time = 0.1 ms


and windows boot time goes from 28 seconds on a 7200 drive, to 15 seconds on OCZ Vertex.

 

[TomiR]

I think those first generation SSD drives were not so good.......but the new ones like Intel X25 and the OCZ Vertex are shredding 300gb Raptors


For instance:

500GB 7200 RPM drive - 64.3MB/s avg.write
300GB 10,000RPM Raptor - 99.3MB/s avg.write
OCZ 60GB Vertex- 137.0MB/s avg.write


Raptor 300gb Access time = 7.4 ms
OCZ 60GB Vertex Access time = 0.1 ms


and windows boot time goes from 28 seconds on a 7200 drive, to 15 seconds on OCZ Vertex.

I have the OCZ 60gb SSD drive on my tracking/mixing PC. Amazing hard drive, no noise, fast as hell and I have had no problems with my computer in ages.

Yep, it's a bit expensive, but I personally am not going back to "normal" HD's. Of course I still have my external 500gb hard drive to store stuff, but the 60gb is big enough, since my tracking/mixing computer is only dedicated in doing that, so there's no videos, games or anything like that. It's very stripped when it comes to programs as well.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Fuck me $200 for 60gigs

Not a good deal. You can score a TB for that much now.

 

[Soundlurker]

I'm interested in ssd, as well, because I am thinking of buying a netbook.
What worries me is this:

Slower write speeds: As erase blocks on flash-based SSDs generally are quite large (e.g. 0.5 - 1 megabyte)[13], they are far slower than conventional disks during small writes (the smaller, the worse) and can suffer from write fragmentation,[34] and in some cases for sequential writes.[19] SSDs based on DRAM, which do this several orders of magnitude faster than conventional disks, do not suffer from this problem.

Also, there seem to be different kinds of SSD and the cheaper have more issues.

 

[kaomao]

bah when Isaid they were the future everyone on this board took me as a fool lol!
Just search for that thread.....
Now everyone almost praises it!

 

[JBroll]

I'm sticking to magnetic for quite some time. They may be 'the future' in some applications but I don't expect to see magnetics disappearing anytime soon.

Jeff

 

[ApolloSpeed]

What worries me is this:

Also, there seem to be different kinds of SSD and the cheaper have more issues.

Write speeds for the newer and better models like the OCZ Vertex and new Intels are fixed!

They are between 30% and 50% faster than a Raptor at writing.

Also showing read speeds of around 250mb/s:zombie: and nearly zero access time!


at $169 for 60gb......they are working its way to being affordable.

 

[Executioner213]

It'll still be a couple years before they are laymans-affordable.

I remember when 60gb HDD's were $200, when I was a wee chap (about 10 years ago, I believe). I don't think it'll take that long for SSD drives to go down that much, but it won't be within the next year IMO.

 

[beyond dead]

I think the prices nowadays arent bad, when you consider the advantages. I would just use the ssd for recording, and the sessions im working on, then back up to a regular drive. I think i`ll grab one in the near future!

 

[Torniojaws]

I remember when 60gb HDD's were $200, when I was a wee chap (about 10 years ago, I believe). I don't think it'll take that long for SSD drives to go down that much, but it won't be within the next year IMO.

The problem is that while mechanical hard drive components have been practically the same for decades (only the platter density has increased), for SSD disks, the costs are almost all due to the NAND flash chips, which increase in direct relation to their capacity, and the manufacturing costs have been at the point of nearly zero profit margin for years.

 

[Executioner213]

Hmm...makes sense. But consider that when HDD's were just taking off, there was little profit margin then, too. Thats kinda how every new mainstream technology starts out.

 

[ApolloSpeed]

I might buy one and be the guinea pig! Would only take me 15 minutes to install, i'll burn an image of my current C: (40GB) and off we go! Damn you apollospeed for spending my money

so.....did ya get the SSD? Give us a report if so.