I would like to make the switch but am currently broke. I can get 2x2TB for the price of a 128GB SSD and RAID them. The price still doesn't justify the "snappiness" in my opinion since RAID'd drives provide a pretty good performance increase as well as a size benefit. Keep in mind that size is important to me right now as I use my PC as a media server to my house and also a development machine.
Poll: Are you using SSDs?
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#22Thought about buying one for some time, but after reading of the OCZ HSDL ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/30/ocz_hdsl/ ) i'll wait for the next generation hoping in bigger/faster disks, atm the size/price ratio is not yet good enough.
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#23I would absolutely recommend SSDs. It's one of the few times you can swap out a component in your computer and notice a performance boost. They are getting better very quickly though, so one big decision is when to pull the trigger. Every few months a new generation of SSDs with better firmware seems to come out. I've switched my laptop and home computer to SSDs.
Which SSDs can you recommend for your laptop and home computer?
My MBP has had a 160 GB Intel X25-M for almost a year and couldn't be happier.
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#24An SSD in my Macbook pro is without question the most noticeable hardware upgrade I've had in years. Absolutely wonderful.
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#25We're using Fusion-io SSDs in a lot of our database (MySQL) servers. It makes a massive difference.
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#26A question to those who use SSDs: Did you notice any bugs in software you are using(or developing), which was previously hidden due to slow I/O?
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#27Lots of people here have mac laptops (like me) - any concerns about lack of TRIM support in OSX?
Some blogs says that the "easy fix" for lack of TRIM is to just backup/reformat/restore your SSD every X months. Eeech
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#28I use them in production storage arrays for both read and write caching.
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#29We have one database server with SSD (we need more speed than room) and are pretty happy with them.
On a more personal note I use a Seagate Momentus XT in my Macbook Pro and this is the single best investment I made in years! This thing cost a third of a "real" SSD of the same capacity and for what an SSD is shining (boot time, application launch, ...) it's on par. The 4GB SSD cache is really improving the experience (they should offer an 8GB version though).
I can't recommend this enough if an SSD is too expensive or not capacious enough.
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#30Thought about buying one for some time, but after reading of the OCZ HSDL ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/30/ocz_hdsl/ ) i'll wait for the next generation hoping in bigger/faster disks, atm the size/price ratio is not yet good enough.
From what I gather HSDL is proprietary to OCZ, and unlikely to come to laptops.
Like many I've come to accept that SSD's will be roughly $2-3/GB for a while to come. I'd hate to spend all that time waiting while my spinny drive churns away valuable seconds of my workday.