Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:48:00 -0700 From: Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: you're not going to believe this. Message-ID: <20090624184800.GD15815@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20090624093223.GF3468@ece.pdx.edu> References: <20090622230729.GA20167@thought.org> <a9f4a3860906231222r65faaf1cia6b68186c79f4791@mail.gmail.com> <20090623201041.GA23561@thought.org> <20090623205944.GA43982@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <20090624010922.GA24335@thought.org> <20090624093223.GF3468@ece.pdx.edu>
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On Wed 24 Jun 2009 at 02:32:24 PDT freebsd@t41t.com wrote: > >The lifetime and reliability of SSDs are less-than-or-equal-to the >lifetime and reliability of spinning magnetic drives, so don't buy an SSD >for that. Whether SSDs use less power is an open question. There's a lot >of data going either way. The last comparison I saw suggested spinning >drives average less power than their SSD counterparts. In any event, it's >not clear-cut yet. SSDs probably do generate less heat (but I've not seen >data on that). Of course, the access time on an SSD is order(s) of >magnitude less than for a spinning drive, and that's cause enough for >lots of people to buy one. SSD's are/should also be favored in devices that are prone to mechanical shocks. E.g., tablet PC's, and handheld devices like cellphones, music players or game players.
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