Comments on: Micron developed super fast SSD: 250 MB/s http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/ Hot info about new scene releases! Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:51:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: allban http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/comment-page-1/#comment-428066 allban Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:39:42 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/#comment-428066 All you guys wanting performance, look at fusion io. 2-3 times the perf. of the ones in this article. Rather have one of those for my windows ready-boost lol All you guys wanting performance, look at fusion io. 2-3 times the perf. of the ones in this article. Rather have one of those for my windows ready-boost lol

]]> By: godzilla http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/comment-page-1/#comment-427027 godzilla Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:50:40 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/#comment-427027 old news... this has been announced months ago old news… this has been announced months ago

]]> By: msh http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/comment-page-1/#comment-426999 msh Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:27:30 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/#comment-426999 I've been waiting for someone to internally RAID a drive like this. Shouldn't be a technical problem, so odd that it has taken this long really. Remember, your HD is by far the slowest and most stone-age component in your PC. How many instructions do you think a modern CPU could perform while waiting for data it requested to come back from the drive? A back-of-the-envelope calculation, with a 4 core 3 ghz CPU, and 10ms response time, gives 12 million calculations. That is a long-ass time to wait for anything, if you ask me :) I’ve been waiting for someone to internally RAID a drive like this. Shouldn’t be a technical problem, so odd that it has taken this long really.
Remember, your HD is by far the slowest and most stone-age component in your PC. How many instructions do you think a modern CPU could perform while waiting for data it requested to come back from the drive?
A back-of-the-envelope calculation, with a 4 core 3 ghz CPU, and 10ms response time, gives 12 million calculations. That is a long-ass time to wait for anything, if you ask me :)

]]> By: Venomhed http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/comment-page-1/#comment-426850 Venomhed Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:29:28 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/#comment-426850 Problems: 1. 10x faster than traditional drives. You know damn well they are referring to 8mb cache, 4200rpm drives, not 15k rom 32mb+ cache SAS drives. 2. Cost? No mention of cost. While SAS drives are not cheap, SSD has traditionally been 10x the cost. So a 144gig SAS may cost $600, an 128gig SSD must be about $6000. Also there is mention of limited life of SSD drives and they so far have a high failure rate when it comes to memory cells. This will probably be corrected in 2-5 years I believe, but now, not worth the risk. Problems:

1. 10x faster than traditional drives. You know damn well they are referring to 8mb cache, 4200rpm drives, not 15k rom 32mb+ cache SAS drives.

2. Cost? No mention of cost. While SAS drives are not cheap, SSD has traditionally been 10x the cost. So a 144gig SAS may cost $600, an 128gig SSD must be about $6000.

Also there is mention of limited life of SSD drives and they so far have a high failure rate when it comes to memory cells.

This will probably be corrected in 2-5 years I believe, but now, not worth the risk.

]]> By: Mat http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/comment-page-1/#comment-426214 Mat Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:27:38 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/#comment-426214 From the micron website : * "... sequential read and write speed of up to a maximum of 250 megabytes per second (MB/s)." * "...operating at 2.5 watts in active mode and under at 0.3 watts in idle. In contrast, data center hard drives typically consume anywhere between 8 to 28 watts." * "...offering a mean time between failure (MTBF) rate of approximately two million hours compared to 300,000 to 500,000 MTBF of an HDD." The last two are true for any SSD drive, but this one as some extra speed to it! Mat From the micron website :

* “… sequential read and write speed of up to a maximum of 250 megabytes per second (MB/s).”

* “…operating at 2.5 watts in active mode and under at 0.3 watts in idle. In contrast, data center hard drives typically consume anywhere between 8 to 28 watts.”

* “…offering a mean time between failure (MTBF) rate of approximately two million hours compared to 300,000 to 500,000 MTBF of an HDD.”

The last two are true for any SSD drive, but this one as some extra speed to it!

Mat

]]> By: chase167 http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/comment-page-1/#comment-426133 chase167 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:51:01 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/#comment-426133 the will be good for the ps3 the will be good for the ps3

]]> By: zooty zoot zoot http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/comment-page-1/#comment-426071 zooty zoot zoot Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:59:47 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/#comment-426071 For comparison check out HDD and external HDD at newegg http://www.newegg.com/Store/Category.aspx?Category=15&name=Hard-Drives so for assuming these things sell for $600 you can buy a hard disk today for 1/6th of the cost which has up to 10x the capacity. Buy 6-10 external hard disks which have more capacity EACH or one of these? Doesn't take a genius to decide... For comparison check out HDD and external HDD at newegg http://www.newegg.com/Store/Category.aspx?Category=15&name=Hard-Drives so for assuming these things sell for $600 you can buy a hard disk today for 1/6th of the cost which has up to 10x the capacity. Buy 6-10 external hard disks which have more capacity EACH or one of these? Doesn’t take a genius to decide…

]]> By: ming http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/comment-page-1/#comment-426040 ming Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:30:41 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/#comment-426040 i hope hell boy2 comes out soon i hope hell boy2 comes out soon

]]> By: takeme http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/comment-page-1/#comment-426037 takeme Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:24:37 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/#comment-426037 read* read*

]]> By: takeme http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/comment-page-1/#comment-426036 takeme Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:24:12 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/#comment-426036 It got 250MB/s raid and 100MB/s write It got 250MB/s raid and 100MB/s write

]]> By: cursor http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/comment-page-1/#comment-426031 cursor Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:17:50 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/#comment-426031 Does anybody have any idea how long these drives retain data? I know the data retention of a cdrom is a roughly 50 years... Depending of course on media quality, and how it's stored, but the point is it's not indefinite as one might think. Does anybody have any idea how long these drives retain data? I know the data retention of a cdrom is a roughly 50 years… Depending of course on media quality, and how it’s stored, but the point is it’s not indefinite as one might think.

]]> By: funkster http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/comment-page-1/#comment-426030 funkster Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:17:23 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/#comment-426030 @cxy, I thought the when transferring, the DMA(Direct Memory Access) controller took over the job of the processor. @cxy, I thought the when transferring, the DMA(Direct Memory Access) controller took over the job of the processor.

]]> By: hank hill http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/comment-page-1/#comment-426029 hank hill Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:13:41 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/#comment-426029 feel bad for the early adopters..they always get screwed. "last 4 times as long"? I thought these drives had a finite # of rewrites.. and just flat out died at some point? 4 x longer than a hd? feel bad for the early adopters..they always get screwed.

“last 4 times as long”? I thought these drives had a finite # of rewrites.. and just flat out died at some point? 4 x longer than a hd?

]]> By: cxy http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/comment-page-1/#comment-426020 cxy Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:02:58 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/#comment-426020 max sata transfer rate 3Gbps i.e ~384MBps ,,max ssd transfer rate 250MBps....now just need a processor that can perform those task of transferring @ 250MBps.......current e6600 using sata and 7200 drives max transfer rate 45MB ( extermely rarly) .....most of the time just transfers at about 25MBps.......... max sata transfer rate 3Gbps i.e ~384MBps ,,max ssd transfer rate 250MBps….now just need a processor that can perform those task of transferring @ 250MBps…….current e6600 using sata and 7200 drives max transfer rate 45MB ( extermely rarly) …..most of the time just transfers at about 25MBps……….

]]> By: VuDu http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/comment-page-1/#comment-426013 VuDu Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:55:06 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/micron-developed-super-fast-ssd-250-mbs/#comment-426013 Ohh and I forgot... these drives almost emit no heat, so my right leg would no longer get burnt when I have my lappy on my lap :) well the left one would still burn cause of the processor, but that's not much we can do about it :( Ohh and I forgot… these drives almost emit no heat, so my right leg would no longer get burnt when I have my lappy on my lap :) well the left one would still burn cause of the processor, but that’s not much we can do about it :(

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