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32 GB Flash Drive For 1330
Anyone configure their 1330 with the solid state flash memory? If so, what differences do you notice in the way it performs compared to a standard HDD?
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... it will give you lower latency, less heat/noise, more battery life ... but it doesn't have the bandwidth like a normal HD
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I've got 16gb compactflash, I wish there were adapters for it :D Like there are external HDD adapter, I want compactflash-to-SATA adapter ;) The card itself is fast, min 20mb/s sustained throughput (Sandisk Extreme III), but using it through usb adapter severely cripples it's capabilities :(
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what do you mean it doesn't have the bandwidth? how will it hinder performance?
In a few years I think I'll get one with a 64MB SSHD and then use one of those portable harddrives for everything else
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Anyone configure their 1330 with the solid state flash memory? If so, what differences do you notice in the way it performs compared to a standard HDD?
Flamenko got the SSD on his M1330, but hasn't actually received it yet (no one has...). There's no hard numbers on the version that Dell's using as far as I know, but yeah, in general, you're looking at significantly lower access times, lower power consumption, and heat dissipation.
Depending on the version of SSD, it may be slower or faster than 2.5" drives. (there are 25MB/s, 45MB/s, and 67MB/s read versions out there)
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It's interesting that Dell has not sent review units with SSD to any reviewers. My guess is that performance gains will not be big yet. Space needs for Vista might actually be stunting performance similar to Intel's Turbo memory. Startup speed and spot reads will be fast but so far reviews suggest that sequential reads (ie. transferring large files) is not fast enough yet on SSD drives that have been reviewed (Don't think this includes the Sandisk drive that Dell uses, I haven't seen reviews of it).
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I couldn't tell.
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Yes yes yes...I seem to be the only solid state guy in the group. Its kinda nice actually that a few others have pm'd asking for a review in comparison to the two systems as i have two on the way, the other with a 160 7400 gg HD.
I have heard the Samsung, not Scandisk is being used but cant confirm until I actually get it.
I will admit that, for me, watching my system start in 11 sec will have me smiling for that simple fact...
Ill be sure to get back to all as Im curious as to what kind of battery efficiency it will really have as disk access can be a huge drain presently which would not be the case at all here (.8w under load vice 2.5)
Waiting...waiting...waiting.
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I'm kind of worried about SSD lifespan. Flash memory can handle only so many rewrites and since all software are designed for hard-drive, they don't take any precaution to reduce the effort puts on SSD.
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I'm kind of worried about SSD lifespan. Flash memory can handle only so many rewrites and since all software are designed for hard-drive, they don't take any precaution to reduce the effort puts on SSD.
Most SSD makers are incorporating smart algorithms that avoid writing on the same sector over and over, instead spreading out the writes evenly across the memory.
SSDs are coming with around 1 million MTBF ratings, which means somewhere around 10 years of normal operation or 5 years under a 100% power on state and a 90% active use state.