[Discuss] SSD

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 05/31/2012 08:03 AM, Stephen Adler wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking at upgrading my workstation by adding a couple SSDs as
> system disks. I'm going to keep my regular drives (reconfigure them)
> so that they are used for storage, backups etc. I've been reading some
> reviews on newegg.com and there are a lot of postings about the drives
> gone bad. Anyone have any advice, preference with SSDs? Any linux
> specific advice?
IMHO: I don't think it is a good idea. First, SSDs are much more costly
per byte. AFAIK, their MTBF is much higher (eg better)  than standard
hard drives.
Today, I would only use an SSD in a netbook where it uses less power and
is lighter.

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