Way overblown. Earlier SSDs and/or firmware did indeed have some performance degradation over time, but this needs to be put in some perspective:
1. You generally needed to run synthetic benchmarks over and over again, focusing on random write, to create the situation. 2. Even if you somehow got a drive into a degraded state, it's still MANY TIMES faster than the best magnetic drives 3. Beginning with the first firmware release for the Intel G1 drive, and the 1.41 GC firmware for the OCZ Vertex drives, they are able to clean themselves up very effectively to restore any lost performance even without TRIM 4. Windows 7 with TRIM effectively eliminates the possibility for the condition (enabled by the 1.40 Vertex firmware or the latest Intel firmware) - there are presently still some strict requirements for TRIM support because it is still so new, but the simple fact of the matter is that poor "used" performance has been mostly mitigated by later firmware releases. In short: if you intend on actually using your drive, it's very unlikely to ever be a problem--and pretty much impossible when using TRIM. If you intend on running iometer in a random write configuration all day, then it is possible that you'll get performance to degrade. -----Original Message----- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 1:40 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] SSD Time............. I found this comment on Newegg: " *Cons:* The only thing I can say that will be annoying is that when or if i should ever start seeing performance issues, you are suppose to wipe each of your SSD cards with a software called HDDErase 4.x. But to do this, I'll have to unplug each of my SSD cards from my Raid Controller, connect to my motherboard SATA ports and set the BIOS of my motherboard to SATA-TYPE: IDE. Then run the HDDErase to clean them. This is suppose to reset the SSD drives to the factory defaults. When done reconnect your SSD drives back to your raid-controller and restore an "image" back onto your HDD. *Other Thoughts:* Although this will be annoying having to reset your SSDs every 3-6 months depending on your usage, we all have to remember this is new technology, and software within the next year should solve these issues eventually. And if that software never comes... ooh well. The speed is totally worth it for me!!! " Sounds different, for sure. Can you confirm the need to "reset" the SSD? Greg Sevart wrote: > Standard SATA power and data connections. Mounting is easy. Since they have > no moving parts, are fairly immune to shock and vibration, and are > exceptionally light, a lot of people are just taping them to the sides or > bottom of the case. Most of them use the 2.5" form factor and are either 9.5 > or 7mm tall. In my case, I bought a cheap 2x 2.5" to 1x 3.5" adapter and put > both of my Intel G2 SSDs in the spot for a single 3.5" drive. > > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com > [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 8:35 PM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] SSD Time............. > > > do you just plug them in like any drive? do you need anything special > to mount them? > > At 06:04 PM 12/18/2009, you wrote: > >> Pretty much. And once you've used a machine that has a good one (read: one >> not based on a JMicron or Samsung controller), using any machine with a >> magnetic drive is excruciating. >> >> They so vastly improve system responsiveness, yet at the same time, it >> > feels > >> like that's just the way a computer should have been all along. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com >> [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc >> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 7:20 PM >> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com >> Subject: Re: [H] SSD Time............. >> >> OK, time for an end-of-the-year stupid question! >> Is this "SSD" business the non-mechanical replacement for our current >> SATA HD wars/questions/bench races/? >> >> Like a flash drive on steroids? >> Wondering? >> Best of the Season, >> Duncan >> > > > > >
