Solid state hard drives?

KillerShots · March 11th, 2004

Finally... a solid-state hard drive to eliminate mechanical hard drives...

These guys seem to have developed a flash memory IDE drive of up to 47 Gigs (no moving parts). Unfortunately, it's on the IDE interface, so it's nowhere near as fast as it should be... but the seek time is 0, and fragmentation won't be quite such a big factor without that. I don't know if I should grab that or wait until they release something on a more reasonable interface...

**Katsuya** · March 11th, 2004

Finally a solid drive. can't wait!

Wait a sec! That's the same company working with Microsoft on the Xbox 2....

KillerShots · March 11th, 2004

Taking a 2nd look at it, it's flash-based... it's in no danger of overcoming the limitations of IDE (it's going as fast as it can...). The chief advantages here are reliability... and some speed if you use small files (0 seek time). For large files, the average hard drive will tear this thing to shreds in terms of speed. I guess good stuff for aircraft / cars / space probes, but in a static environment I'd rather have several hard drives than gobs of flash memory. Good stuff, but I'll wait for some faster technology.

Player-X · March 12th, 2004

I can imagine that in a 14 drive RAID-0+1 array sitting in a file server

chp · March 12th, 2004

Just take a look at the price of these Solid state HD...... Argh.....

**n_w95482** · March 15th, 2004

This HD seems to be pretty good

. I wonder how much it costs...

chp · March 15th, 2004

For 90GB it cost 40 000 US dollars
For 12GB it cost 5 500 US dollars
and for 4GB, 'only' 2 000 US dollars

LOL... Obviously it's designed for military or aeronotical use.....

RF · March 15th, 2004

Nice, but not practical for our use yet

S.SubZero · March 15th, 2004

http://www.bitmicro.com/products_edisk_35_ide.php

They aren't alone, and these have even higher capacity.

KillerShots · March 16th, 2004

Cool... Maybe I'll try and think of something to build with one. Certainly too pricey for your standard consumer, though... (not like mine was any better

).

March 11th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
KillerShots War Games coder Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 1,917	Solid state hard drives? Finally... a solid-state hard drive to eliminate mechanical hard drives... These guys seem to have developed a flash memory IDE drive of up to 47 Gigs (no moving parts). Unfortunately, it's on the IDE interface, so it's nowhere near as fast as it should be... but the seek time is 0, and fragmentation won't be quite such a big factor without that. I don't know if I should grab that or wait until they release something on a more reasonable interface... __________________ Primary CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Mobo: Biostar N4SLI-A9 RAM: 2G Crucial (DDR400) Video: eVGA GeForce 7900 GTX (512M) Audio: HDA X-Mystique HD(s): Maxtor 300G SATA2, Samsung 400G SATA2 OS(s): WinXP x64 Pro, Vista x32 Ultimate, Gentoo x64 Monitor(s): Primary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Secondary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Tertiary - Zenith 42" Plasma TV (1024x768 res) Many other machines... sig too short

March 11th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
Katsuya - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: - Posts: 1,936	Finally a solid drive. can't wait! Wait a sec! That's the same company working with Microsoft on the Xbox 2.... Last edited by Katsuya; March 11th, 2004 at 14:17.

March 11th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
KillerShots War Games coder Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 1,917	Taking a 2nd look at it, it's flash-based... it's in no danger of overcoming the limitations of IDE (it's going as fast as it can...). The chief advantages here are reliability... and some speed if you use small files (0 seek time). For large files, the average hard drive will tear this thing to shreds in terms of speed. I guess good stuff for aircraft / cars / space probes, but in a static environment I'd rather have several hard drives than gobs of flash memory. Good stuff, but I'll wait for some faster technology. __________________ Primary CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Mobo: Biostar N4SLI-A9 RAM: 2G Crucial (DDR400) Video: eVGA GeForce 7900 GTX (512M) Audio: HDA X-Mystique HD(s): Maxtor 300G SATA2, Samsung 400G SATA2 OS(s): WinXP x64 Pro, Vista x32 Ultimate, Gentoo x64 Monitor(s): Primary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Secondary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Tertiary - Zenith 42" Plasma TV (1024x768 res) Many other machines... sig too short

March 12th, 2004	#5 (permalink)
chp Bip...Bip... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: on Earth Posts: 966	Just take a look at the price of these Solid state HD...... Argh..... __________________ If god doesn't exist in our world, then...I will create god with my own hands!

March 15th, 2004	#6 (permalink)
n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	This HD seems to be pretty good . I wonder how much it costs... __________________ Main PC: DFI LAN Party nF4 SLI-DR Expert w/406-bta BIOS, AMD Opteron 165 (CCBBE 0615 EPMW) @ 3 GHz (334x9), 1.55v w/D-Tek Fuzion WB; 2x1 GB OCZ PC4000 EB Plats @ 250 MHz, 3-3-2-8, 3:4, 2.7v; ATi Radeon X1900XT 512 MB @ 668/855 w/DD Tyee WB, 150 GB WD Raptor, 4x500 GB WD RE2 (RAID 10), SB Audigy 2 ZS, 700w OCZ GameXStream, CM Stacker 810, Windows XP Pro

March 12th, 2004	#4 (permalink)
Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,110	I can imagine that in a 14 drive RAID-0+1 array sitting in a file server

March 15th, 2004	#7 (permalink)
chp Bip...Bip... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: on Earth Posts: 966	For 90GB it cost 40 000 US dollars For 12GB it cost 5 500 US dollars and for 4GB, 'only' 2 000 US dollars LOL... Obviously it's designed for military or aeronotical use..... __________________ If god doesn't exist in our world, then...I will create god with my own hands!

March 15th, 2004	#8 (permalink)
RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,580	Nice, but not practical for our use yet __________________

March 15th, 2004	#9 (permalink)
S.SubZero Vista x64 User! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 1,004	http://www.bitmicro.com/products_edisk_35_ide.php They aren't alone, and these have even higher capacity. __________________ -SSZ

March 16th, 2004	#10 (permalink)
KillerShots War Games coder Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 1,917	Cool... Maybe I'll try and think of something to build with one. Certainly too pricey for your standard consumer, though... (not like mine was any better ). __________________ Primary CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Mobo: Biostar N4SLI-A9 RAM: 2G Crucial (DDR400) Video: eVGA GeForce 7900 GTX (512M) Audio: HDA X-Mystique HD(s): Maxtor 300G SATA2, Samsung 400G SATA2 OS(s): WinXP x64 Pro, Vista x32 Ultimate, Gentoo x64 Monitor(s): Primary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Secondary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Tertiary - Zenith 42" Plasma TV (1024x768 res) Many other machines... sig too short

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