SSD (Solid State Disk)

[Huib]

The SDD are getting more cheaper now. Thats why I am thinking about if the time is right to use Vista 64 with CS3 on SSD like MemoRight SATA 64GB GT
And to use a second one of 32GB  as a scratch disk. This seems to me as a huge upgrade.
Has anybody experience with this or advices?
Is the performence also depended of the OS?

[DarkPenguin]

Anandtech reviews a lot of SSD drives.  Look for their reviews.

[Raw shooter]

The SDD are getting more cheaper now. Thats why I am thinking about if the time is right to use Vista 64 with CS3 on SSD like MemoRight SATA 64GB GT
And to use a second one of 32GB  as a scratch disk. This seems to me as a huge upgrade.
Has anybody experience with this or advices?
Is the performence also depended of the OS?
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Yes, I have been using a MOBI Mtron SSD in my Dell M1710 XPS for about a month.  I replaced a 7200 rpm Hitachi 200GB (the fast one) with the new SSD drive.
The specs on the MOBI are Sustained Read = 100 MB/sec and the Sustained Write = 80 MB/sec.

The difference in performance in quite incredible!  The boot time has been cut in half.  The launch speed of Photoshop CS3 and Bridge CS3 is the most noticeable.
 
After this experience I can’t see ever going back to spin drives.  Highly recommended!

[DarkPenguin]

Latency should be your win.  No need to wait for a sector to spin under the read heads.  Sustained throughput isn't so interesting.

[hassiman]

Thought t's too early to tell the real win will be NO moving parts... far less failure is promised... but we shall see.  At SIGGRAPH last year I handled a 120GB Flash HD.. but at $40 a gig all I did was handle it.

Once folks are tooled up the prices well plummet and the spinning HS's drives days are numbered.

[dalethorn]

I'm aware that flash cards can last a lifetime in an average digital camera, but as a substitute for a hard drive?  If the amount of writing is not much more than a digital camera, well, OK, but the way some users (me) use a hard drive, I wouldn't think a flash device could hold up very long on that basis.  They do have a limit on write cycles, while hard drives do not, other than eventual death after several years of spinning night and day.

[BJNY]

Turn your compact flash cards into an SSD :

http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/05...ash.raid.in.25/

[vgogolak]

I just got a Thinkpad x300.
with DVD and a 13" screen 1440x900 and all the bells and whistles, and 64GB, only 3.2 lbs, and .75" thick.
mostly because of the SSD 64GB. No hard drive!

Victor

[BernardLanguillier]

I have tried using a Mtron 32GB disk on my one year old Mac Pro as a scratch disk, and the performance was overall lower than that of a Raptor.

It seems that this is related to the chipset not have the right capabilities, you might want to check whether your motherboard is at the right level or not.

Cheers,
Bernard

[BJNY]

256GB SSD announced Sunday pm :

http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/05...sung.256gb.ssd/