[Discuss] SSD

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 05/31/2012 11:09 AM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> On 5/31/2012 10:57 AM, Richard McCluskey wrote:
>> If I had a desktop I would put them in there too.  I you need fast
>> disk I/O then it is totally worth it in my opinion.
>
> That's the kicker: do you really need that performance?
> Tangentially: is it worth the premium and the much shorter life?
>
> Typically, more RAM is a better investment than replacing the system
> drive with flash.  If you do go the SSD route then more RAM is going
> to mean less paging which means longer life for the SSD.  Either way,
> more RAM is the first step.
Rich,
One question. What I have been reading online is that SSD drives have a
much longer MTBF than HHDs.

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