Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:17:47 -0800 From: David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> To: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> Cc: Maxim Khitrov <max@mxcrypt.com>, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and SSD drives Message-ID: <AANLkTinGpj1Eb2FAybP%2BDOWUs48LeHC0d6=bMRZbby%2Bx@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110213181223.GD55168@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <AANLkTin%2BexaH5ORk9zAYsWoUzVtyCWcv3unpJRUK46FV@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=AjHG5trQqOAHnVT4Ki9ORxF_ynm7MHsLiF_9h@mail.gmail.com> <20110213073814.GC57674@guilt.hydra> <AANLkTim-u5Nd8NQ_t555o5qYwRd5Ltf6Ud5rYD_G2x7N@mail.gmail.com> <20110213092353.GA58281@guilt.hydra> <20110213073801.65518b9c@scorpio> <20110213131051.00001ebf@unknown> <20110213085805.72f0132d@scorpio> <20110213164748.GB60459@guilt.hydra> <AANLkTi=NOUgFC3iOesKkb9%2BgLEpAAKdvcMh8Am99im%2Bi@mail.gmail.com> <20110213181223.GD55168@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk>
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On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> wrote: > Agreed. I posted my short experience of using an SSD as a workstation > drive and I'd be interested in hearing the experience of any other > users. Problems? Praise? Let's hear it. While not quite a workstation application, in a previous job I helped maintain industrial PCs that booted cut-down Windows 95 installs off of 128 megabyte CompactFlash cards. As SSDs go this was pretty primitive stuff. We had very few problems with this setup. This was just FAT, no special SSD support. I also have a netbook with an SSD I've used heavily for the last three years with no problems. My only complaint about that one is the write performance is rather slow, it being an SSD optimized for power consumption instead of speed. I would be curious to hear stories from people who actually *have* run into SSD failures related to write limitations. I've heard a lot of speculation but no actual anecdotes. I'm sure they're out there; but I also know people are more likely to complain when things go wrong than talk about things going right, so my suspicion is it must be rare.
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