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| On 06/03/2013, at 12:53 PM, adam mercado <adam@influxx.com> wrote: > A client of mine that does data recovery on hard drives told me recently about the 'myth' (his words) of SSDs. They are blazing fast at first, and while they don't deteriorate as such, their performance wanes over time as writable blocks are reduced. And unlike hard drives who tend to click and give some audible warning they are about to fail, SSDs just stop working without any indication. Apologies if this has been linked to before, but here's a 6 page article with more detail than you ever wanted to know: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/inside-the-ssd-revolution-how-solid-state-disks-really-work/ The technology is advancing so rapidly that the problems and issues found by early adopters are being addressed, if not already eliminated. FWIW I replaced the mechanical HD in my old 2008 iMac with a Samsung 840Pro SSD and it is like a new machine. Faster than it ever was. I am very happy! -Chris |
