On another note, Intel has re-released the SSD Toolbox, so you can use your G2 drive on XP systems that do not have the Trim command.
You just run the "optimize tool" every week or so. Dunno if it's needed that often, but that's what they recommend. I ran it on my 80 gig laptop drive yesterday, it took less than 10 seconds to run. :-) > The X25-E has a substantially higher sequential write rate, yes, but that > doesn't really translate very well to real-world speeds for end-user > scenarios. The G2 isn't in that chart, either. For the record, the G2 MLC > drive delivers better 4k random write IOPS than the SLC X25-E--which is far > more important than sequential performance. > > > TRIM still provides benefit for SLC drives, but it is indeed less of an > impact. However, the reason why the X25-E doesn't have it has nothing to do > with need, and everything to do with the fact that the X25-E has not been > moved to their new 34nm flash and updated controller. Intel has chosen to > abandon early adopters and only provide TRIM support for those of us on > their 34nm platform (G2). SLC can indeed nominally sustain 10 times more > write cycles, but frankly, it's pretty irrelevant for end-user usage. If you > were running SQL Server and a moderately heavy transactional application > hitting it, sure, but for end-user use? Not worth the expense IMO. By the > time it does wear out (and it has a 3-year warranty from Intel, btw), you'll > want to move to something far better anyway. > > > On a side note, I generally love Tech Report, but I've found any review > where they've analyzed SSDs to be...sub-par.
