Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:35:54 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A couple of questions about SSDs Message-ID: <20201015143554.c82cd365eb4ae5dbd967793c@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20201015084311.5fa2156c@archlinux> References: <fee9e64d-4b27-d1cf-11c5-5af9ffa99935@netfence.it> <20201014121442.662e71c4@archlinux> <20201014174749.6df7572a.freebsd@edvax.de> <20201014202206.7c7886d0@archlinux> <20201015060615.GJ22063@mithril> <20201015084311.5fa2156c@archlinux>
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On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 08:43:10 +0200 Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> wrote: > Maybe HDD are more fragile than SSD. Of course they are, hard discs are complex mechanical systems operating at ludicrous precision. The astonishing thing is that they're as robust as they are. The first PC hard disc I ever saw (and helped install in a Torch prototype) was a 5Mb drive in full height 5 1/4" format - it came in a large wooden box and was suspended in the middle by a set of springs to the corners. The mounting instructions were long and full of dire warnings. Modern hard discs can be thrown and caught (dropping is inadvisable) which I find impressive. SSDs are ... well solid and won't be bothered by being dropped a few feet. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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