Tim wrote:
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Erik Trimble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
I was under the impression that MLC is the preferred type of SSD,
but I
want to prevent myself from having a think-o.
I'm looking to get (2) SSD to use as my boot drive. It looks like
I can
get 32GB SSDs composed of either SLC or MLC for roughly equal pricing.
Which would be the better technology? (I'll worry about rated access
times/etc of the drives, I'm just wondering about general tech for
an OS
boot drive usage...)
Depends on the MFG. The new Intel MLC's have proven to be as fast if
not faster than the SLC's,
That is not comparing apples to apples. The new Intel MLCs take the
slower, lower cost MLC chips,
and put them in parallel channels connected to an internal controller
chip (think of RAID striping).
That way, they get large aggregate speeds for less total cost.
Other vendors will start to follow this idea.
But if you just take a raw chip in one channel, SLC is faster.
And, in the end, yes, the new intel SSDs are very nice.
but they also cost just as much. If they brought the price down, I'd
say MLC all the way. All other things being equal though, SLC.
--Tim
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