I see. In which case the next question would be "is speed crucial in your situation?" because the price difference is ginormous. =)
From, Danny Ching On Jan 18, 2011, at 1:42 PM, Michael Janapin <michael.jana...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not sure about this because I haven't personally tried it. Anyway, > according to the article, if we have a mere 300GB read/write cycles > per day(which is actually way beyond our average), our disk may last > 12 years. That is good enough for me, knowing that new technologies > would come every year or so. [And doing a SATA 1 raid + backup to > ensure data]. > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Danny Ching <dlcco...@gmail.com> wrote: >> correct me if i'm wrong, but won't ssd's give out earlier than regular >> drives depending on daily operations. >> >> http://www.compactpci-systems.com/articles/id/?4190 >> >> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:07 PM, JP Loh <j.peter...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Sort of OT reply: Check this out - >>> http://blog.last.fm/2009/12/14/launching-xbox-part-2-ssd-streaming >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 14:44, John Homer H Alvero <johnho...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Hello Michael, >>>> >>>> I got 2 Vertex SSDs few months ago from PCX Shaw. It's not in their >>>> price list but you can order it from them. Usually takes a few days if >>>> it's locally available. I haven't tried this myself but if you want >>>> speed try SSDs + Raid0. Anyone tried that setup already? I would like >>>> to hear some feedback specially in database a database application. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Michael Janapin >>>> <michael.jana...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Hello guys, >>>>> After our SATA failure over the weekend, It's very traumatic to go >>>>> into that again. >>>>> So I would like to know if there is a local supplier for SSDs? >>>>> Specifically, I'm looking at OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD3-2VTX120G 3.5" 120GB >>>>> SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD). >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Michael R. Janapin >>>>> PBTS Baguio City, Philippines >>>>> http://mulingsilang.wordpress.com >>>>> http://www.pbts.net.ph >>>>> _________________________________________________ >>>>> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >>>>> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >>>>> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >>>>> >>>> _________________________________________________ >>>> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >>>> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >>>> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >>>> >>> _________________________________________________ >>> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >>> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >>> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> >> >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > > > > -- > Michael R. Janapin > PBTS Baguio City, Philippines > http://mulingsilang.wordpress.com > http://www.pbts.net.ph > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
