Comments on: The Evolution of Storage http://blog.voicehero.com/2008/03/18/the-evolution-of-storage/ Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:00:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: louzucaro http://blog.voicehero.com/2008/03/18/the-evolution-of-storage/#comment-67 louzucaro Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:13:12 +0000 http://louzucaro.wordpress.com/?p=25#comment-67 Yeah, that's a pretty darn big failure rate...thanks for the link. I agree that for most people, traditional HDs are the best bet. Hopefully in a few years, just as it was with flat-panel displays, the failure rate will drop significantly along with the price. Yeah, that’s a pretty darn big failure rate…thanks for the link.

I agree that for most people, traditional HDs are the best bet. Hopefully in a few years, just as it was with flat-panel displays, the failure rate will drop significantly along with the price.

]]> By: SomeAudioGuy http://blog.voicehero.com/2008/03/18/the-evolution-of-storage/#comment-66 SomeAudioGuy Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:29:10 +0000 http://louzucaro.wordpress.com/?p=25#comment-66 Another issue with SSD is it's new. Gizmodo is reporting on rumors of an almost 20% failure rate on SSD: http://gizmodo.com/369294/20-percent-of-ssd-notebooks-failing With traditional hard drive prices falling to below $0.30 per GB, I think it still makes sense for people to pick up spinning disks. Two 750GB internal drives will only run you about $280. 1.5 TB, That's HUGE storage (or really good redundant storage) for not a lot of green. And with newer power saving tech (Western Digital for example can vary speed between 5400RPM and 7200RPM to save electricity) it'll be a while before SSD really does provide a substantial enough consumer benefit to compensate for its price premium. Great post! Another issue with SSD is it’s new. Gizmodo is reporting on rumors of an almost 20% failure rate on SSD:
http://gizmodo.com/369294/20-percent-of-ssd-notebooks-failing

With traditional hard drive prices falling to below $0.30 per GB, I think it still makes sense for people to pick up spinning disks. Two 750GB internal drives will only run you about $280.
1.5 TB, That’s HUGE storage (or really good redundant storage) for not a lot of green.
And with newer power saving tech (Western Digital for example can vary speed between 5400RPM and 7200RPM to save electricity) it’ll be a while before SSD really does provide a substantial enough consumer benefit to compensate for its price premium.

Great post!

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