I think he's referring to the fact they fail catastrophically without warning. They don't start to make a weird noise. They don't get bad sectors for 2 or 3 days before you replace them. One they work fine. The next they do not.
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/05/the-hot-crazy-solid-state-drive-scale.html Michael M. Minutillo Indiscriminate Information Sponge Blog: http://codermike.com On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > Piers > > What is particularly different about SSDs that you referred to “the kind of > sudden violent death that only SSD's can really manage”? > > > ------------------------------ > > Ian Thomas > Victoria Park, Western Australia > ------------------------------ > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Piers Williams > *Sent:* Thursday, June 02, 2011 4:38 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: [OT] Cloud backup > > > > I use Skydrive to keep working files in sync between my various laptops and > workstations (though seems a bit more fussy about firewalls than Mesh Beta > was), but for backups you need a real backup solution. You accidentally > delete a file on a sync service and you'll soon realize the difference (as > Mike M will attest). > > > > I eval'd Mozzy, but eventually went with Crashplan. I'm paying for the > unlimited, multi-machine option, which seems to work pretty well. After the > wife's laptop died the kind of sudden violent death that only SSD's can > really manage I'm a bit more sensitive to backing *all of them* up, and this > is definitely a step up from occasionally burning DVDs and sticking them in > my desk drawer. > > > > Crashplan also has a mode (usable in the free version) where you can backup > to a friend / family's PC (if they've got lots of free space). Even better > if they're in a different country, far from the impending disaster. > > > > One limitation with Crashplan is that (mostly due to the licencing model, > but there are some technical reasons too) backups from UNC shares are not > supported (possible, just not supported), so your NAS devices are exposed. > > > > (As an aside: one of these guys should team up with one of our major ISPs > to offer an integrated, unmetered service. They'd clean up I reckon. Anyone > from IINet listening?) > > > > On 1 June 2011 09:14, Corneliu I. Tusnea <corne...@acorns.com.au> wrote: > > Stephen, > > > > Windows Live Mesh works great. It's free for up to 5Gb and uses the Windows > SkyDrive to store the data: > > http://explore.live.com/windows-live-mesh?os=other > > It's more of a sync service than backup (if you delete a file it gets > deleted from the cloud storage and it does not store older versions of > files) > > > > I just love it. I sync data with multiple computers and has basically zero > CPU usage during sync. > > The other services is DropBox. Quite good. > > > > Corneliu > > > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:35 AM, William Luu <will....@gmail.com> wrote: > > You could also sync/backup your stuff to Windows Live SkyDrive - > http://explore.live.com/windows-live-skydrive > > > > On 1 June 2011 10:30, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote: > > Stephen, Crashplan looked great until I noticed they have some kind of > per-machine restriction on all but the top plan. This make no sense, as if > I > buy the space, then I expect to be able to use from absa-bloody-lutely > anywhere, I mean, it's the space that counts, not where it comes from -- > Greg > > > > > > > > > -- > piers > more pedantry at http://piers7.blogspot.com/ >
