[colug-432] SSD vs SD

[Rick Troth]

On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 10:25 AM,  <jep200404 at columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> Here's some info on what's inside them.
>
> http://www.edn.com/design/communications-networking/4390180/Dissecting-the-Intel-710-Enterprise-SSD-


"Six 470-μF capacitors connected in parallel are used to store the
required emergency charge and keep the drive alive long enough to
flush out ongoing operations in the event of a power failure."

Wow ... 470 μF in such a small package!

I remember hearing about a computer that had just enough internal
power to write its brains to disk when it lost the grid.  So ...
really, the SSD is a computer (it has a processor) and hands off cache
to NAND flash before the end comes.  Nice.

Do y'all realize we're talking about a $1300 drive in this case?
(100GB is $400 at NewEgg, but the article discusses the 200GB model,
which I cannot find below a grand.)  The vendors are still able to
gouge "enterprise" customers.  [sigh]


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