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The Better Systems Podcast!
 
April 10, 2010 Show Notes (PodcastIT010):
"What is an SSD Drive?"
SSD Drives actually stand for Solid State Hard Drives. These have
become more and more popular lately. They made a big hit with
Netbook Computers; however, they have been around for a while.
So, what is it really? SSDs are a bank of Flash Memory like that
used in your digital camera. There are no moving parts which means
that once you turn your computer on, it is almost instantaneous.
There are no motors to spin the platters, no actuator arms to move,
nothing at all like in a normal hard drive. However, don't go buying
up SSDs to replace your normal hard drive just yet! There are a
couple of issues to consider!
First, the cost. For a typical comparison of conventional hard drive
to an SSD with the same capacity, look at spending up to 4 times as
much for the SSD. Though the prices are falling, it will be some
time yet when they will be comparable.
Second, there is an issue with Flash Memory that most people don't
know about. That is, when you put data on it, and write over it, and
over it, and over it...at some point, it won't let you write data to
that spot anymore! There is no warning! That spot is dead. Sayonara.
Caput! Fini! Data loss occurs. I'm sure that you get the picture.
Though there is no actual consensus as to when this will happen,
they think that around 10,000 writes to a bit would do it. How long
that will actually take depends on how hard you run your drive in
writing data to it.
Better System Tech Tip: Since the Flash Memory will lose data at
some point in the future, you do not want to do Disk Defragmenting
on it! This is important as Disk Defragmenting is not even necessary
on SSDs due to the nature of the drive. So, if you are using the
MaintainIT Free program that we offer for free, make sure that the
Defragment is turned off! The same goes for the automated Microsoft
Disk Defragment Program.
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