Apropos of the discussion of reliable hard drives:
Intel's new firmware and toolkit for its new X25 line of solid state
disks (SSDs) delivered a massive improvement in their already
blisteringly fast performance this week, with increased write speed
and a near-elimination of usage-induced performance degradation. The
update also included support for the Windows 7 "trim" feature, which
will boost SSD's speed and lifespan. So with a 40 percent performance
boost and extra Windows 7 goodness, what's not to like about this
update? Try data corruption, which some users have reported, causing
the update to be pulled not long after it was released. This latest in
Intel's uninterrupted streak of firmware foibles will probably be
resolved as quickly as the prior two, but it may fuel ongoing doubt
about the stability of the SSD as a reliable storage device.
http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/10/intels-black-box-40-performance-increase-mass-ssd-death.ars
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