[olug] Laptop Hard Drive Size / Speed

[Kevin]

Not a ServerFault link, but a SuperUser link:
http://superuser.com/q/39719/2179. Same platform, better audience for
this kind of thing.

Jeff Atwood did indeed have some things to say about their
reliability: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/05/the-hot-crazy-solid-state-drive-scale.html.

If you really want ServerFault: http://serverfault.com/q/273419/9138

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 17:59, Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I need to do more research, obviously, but it seems like Jeff Atwood
>> hasn't had great things to say about SSDs in terms of reliability.
>> Any failures of drives with folks here?
>
>
> If there is a ServerFault link, would love to see it.
>
> In terms of reliability, that depends if the system is mobile or not.
>
> i maintain TabletPCs which are used while walking and otherwise
> mobile.  All TabletPCs with spinning platters have a protection
> mechanism built-in when there is a dramatic change in Gs.  On many
> systems, that stops the system entirely for 30s or so.  It can be
> turned off, but then your spinning platters are much more likely to
> die.
>
> i am not comfortable using SSD for a critical database until i find
> out why fsck prompts so frequently and others have gone before and we
> have a big enough db.
>
> i am not an electronics expert, but a static discharge of 20,000 volts
> to silicon chips seems like it could cause more damage than the same
> discharge to platters.
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