These things rock man.
I got my company to order one for one of the java application control engines that we use to run the environmental systems for large buildings.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820609242

Newegg didn't have the <$500 32G model when we ordered it, but we'll probably get one of those next time when we upgrade Caesar's palace.

Anyway, the fast access time really makes a difference on these things. Windows load time went from 30+ seconds down to about 10 seconds.The little scrolling bar at the bottom of the XP loading screen didn't even make it all the way to the right. I love this thing.

I just can't wait till they get cheaper.

we've been getting them in out dell laptops for sometime now .... maybe its buss limtations, but I see no diference in them ... maybe power consumption / heat / battery life improvements, but no performance improvements.

According to what I've read, due to the <1ms access time, if you deal with a lot of small files they do very well, but transfer rates are much slower than a regular drive, so transferring one big file may take longer.

According to what I've read, due to the <1ms access time, if you deal with a lot of small files they do very well, but transfer rates are much slower than a regular drive, so transferring one big file may take longer.


I did not know that.... that would esplain it! ... I did not know thte transfer rate was slower, that's weird ... I wonder why that is????? .... SSD drives make since for meh ... to have them in laptops since they can take g's / impact better, I'm guessing

Take G's better, and they use WAAAAAAAY less power.

Take G's better, and they use WAAAAAAAY less power.

so WTF is up with the transfer rate, why is it slow?

so WTF is up with the transfer rate, why is it slow?
It depends a lot on what technology's behind them. Most SSDs are based primarily on flash memory - the same kind in your camera or MP3 player - and that's just inherently slower than modern disks. It has decent capacity and cost, plus of course the power and robustness advantages others have mentioned, but flash is not inherently very fast so once you exceed the controller's cache size performance drops off precipitously. There are some SSDs based on battery-backed RAM throughout, offering RAM speeds even for large streaming transfers, but they're even more expensive than the other kind. There are other RAM/flash/disk hybrids as well. They all represent attempts to balance the high speed of one technology vs. the low cost of another, with varying degrees of success. If you really want to drool over I/O rates and don't happen to have one of the 8TB computers I work on (which allow you to create huge ramdisks without any extra hardware), check out Violin (http://www.violin-memory.com/).

yeah, overall performance is actually a bit slower. but the fact that there are no moving parts is good. we get them in our corporate laptops too. because they can take a spill. They will get very cheap in time. there is another thread in this forum the will explain why. Just look for the one about Terabyte thumb drives. SS hard drives have been around for a while.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention these guys (http://www.fusionio.com/products.html) too.

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I have one in my laptop. It rocks compared to my old HD. Windows does load a ton faster and so does Photoshop. I don't think the upgrade was worth the money, but in time it sure will be. Once the cost per GB goes down I will be purchasing a couple more of these beasts :)