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[PLUG] Solid State Drives
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I just read Jeff Atwood's review of newer SSDs and he sure makes them
sound desirable:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001304.html
I like Jeff's suggestion of using a smaller faster drive for the
operating system and a "regular" drive for data storage. The smaller
(~80GB) 15K rpm drives are pricey too - so I'd only save $100 to $250 by
forgoing the SSD for a 15K HDD but I'd still have to endure the seek
time of the HDD no matter how fast it turns.
Other than turning off 'atime' are there any linux-speific issues to
using SSDs for a system disk? Given the cost difference I'm inclined to
wait until early 2010 and see if there is a further price drop.
Decisions decisions.
Eric
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# Eric Lucas
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# "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
# And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
# -- John Gillespie Magee Jr
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