Comments on: HP offers 16GB solid-state drive in new small PC

By: Tony McCowan

Tony McCowan — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:52:08 +0000

I do not think that SSD’s are to the level of actually replacing HDD’s in desktop PC’s for traditional storage practices (cost prohibitive) but they are more for use as specialized drives.
We are using 16GB SSD’s for SQL database storage to increase random read/writes. And the performance increases are tremendous, SSD 0.4 millisecond transfer speed for 4K block size vs 10.8 millisecond transfer speed for traditional HDD for the same size. It is in this fashion that SSD’s are being used. I guess it just depends on what you need that increase for and how much you are willing to pay for it.

By: PJD_BE

PJD_BE — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:11:05 +0000

No distribution in Europe (EMEA), only for USA !!! Why ????

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:51:59 +0000

SSD’s don’t give that much of a performance boost, and in a desktop it just doesn’t make sense. Spend the money on RAM, a good video card, and a better traditional hard drive. A 10k SAS drive would be nice.

By: drdrew

drdrew — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:28:10 +0000

Nah, just me, but I’d wait until they’re the same price (I’m cheap). Oh, and you can do a solid state drive pc. Take an old thumb drive, throw a copy of Slax on it and set your boot order. Done. Whether you take out the hdd is up to you, but it’s definitely doable.