[colug-432] SSD vs SD

[FiL Farris]

 I would have been sick if I paid that much for a 710 as I believe the Intel
DC S3700 came out not long after with better specs & pricing that was
around 1/3 the cost per GB.




On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Rick Troth <rmt at casita.net> wrote:

> 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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