Comments on: Samsung’s SSD Hardware is Stupid Fast http://chris.pirillo.com/samsungs-ssd-hardware-is-stupid-fast/ News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:51:42 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Slardy http://chris.pirillo.com/samsungs-ssd-hardware-is-stupid-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-712483 Slardy Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:46:14 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=13113#comment-712483 Chris should try filling the drive up with rows from a database table (or a lot of small files) and then see how fast the SSD is! As the SSD fills up with data, it will take longer and longer for it to recover free space when it needs to write to a new page. Flash SSD's will fragment quite badly and the only way to get to run fast again is to run a low level reset on it and you'll of course lose all your SSD data. Flash SSD's are great for reading because they have enormous cache in them, but can be quite slow for writing as the drive fills up. Slardy Chris should try filling the drive up with rows from a database table (or a lot of small files) and then see how fast the SSD is! As the SSD fills up with data, it will take longer and longer for it to recover free space when it needs to write to a new page. Flash SSD’s will fragment quite badly and the only way to get to run fast again is to run a low level reset on it and you’ll of course lose all your SSD data.

Flash SSD’s are great for reading because they have enormous cache in them, but can be quite slow for writing as the drive fills up.

Slardy

]]> By: Paul Bolduc http://chris.pirillo.com/samsungs-ssd-hardware-is-stupid-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-712452 Paul Bolduc Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:07:10 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=13113#comment-712452 Wow, SSD's seem worth the money, I must say. Even if they are $800. Wow, SSD’s seem worth the money, I must say. Even if they are $800.

]]> By: Paul Bennett http://chris.pirillo.com/samsungs-ssd-hardware-is-stupid-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-712408 Paul Bennett Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:07:38 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=13113#comment-712408 WOW, that quiet huh? i can imagine it now, "you did turn the computer on right? Ah yeah, i did. You sure? I'm sure i'm sure!" :D Paul WOW, that quiet huh? i can imagine it now, “you did turn the computer on right? Ah yeah, i did. You sure? I’m sure i’m sure!”

:D

Paul

]]> By: ilter http://chris.pirillo.com/samsungs-ssd-hardware-is-stupid-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-712407 ilter Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:47:05 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=13113#comment-712407 I wonder how they perform when read/write intensive applications are at work. I'm using my computers as Digital Audio Workstations, and I sometimes have to stream 40+ channels of 24 bit audio and record about 8 channels simultaneously. If SSD drives works at least as decent as 7200 rpm drives and don't suffer from use, I might be convinced. What's the life prediction for these? Do they work as USB thumb drives? Is there a solution for fragmentation? I doubt it. I wonder how they perform when read/write intensive applications are at work. I’m using my computers as Digital Audio Workstations, and I sometimes have to stream 40+ channels of 24 bit audio and record about 8 channels simultaneously.
If SSD drives works at least as decent as 7200 rpm drives and don’t suffer from use, I might be convinced. What’s the life prediction for these? Do they work as USB thumb drives? Is there a solution for fragmentation? I doubt it.

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