[Tfug] Small-ish (capacity + size) disk alternatives

[JD Rogers]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Zack,
>
>
> On 1/29/2013 9:45 AM, Zack Williams wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Bexley Hall<bexley401 at yahoo.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> SSD's would probably fail in short order due to the
>>> inherent media life limitations (the read-write uses for
>>> the disk involve lots of update cycles).
>>
>>
>> Most SSD's publish the number of writes before they'd fail.  As you
>> have the system running, you can probably figure out your daily amount
>> of data being read/written to the disk, and then extrapolate how long
>> an SSD would theoretically last.  Also, the larger the SSD, the larger
>> the "spare" area, so they tend to last longer.
>
>
> Yes, it would be more economical to replace laptop drives every
> couple of months than an SSD every year.  <frown>  Or, maybe
> look at some of the small form factor SCSI drives (*intended*
> to run continuously -- unlike laptop drives).

Seems like 32GB SSDs are less than $50 these days and since you don't
need a lot of space, it sounds right. Can you reduce the reads and
writes some using some clever scripting to minimize writes?


>
> I think I will have to look for a hybrid solution.  Maybe some
> slow RAM packaged to *look* like a disk.
>
>
>> You can also buy enterprise class SSD's that have longer write
>> endurance, but they tend to be much more expensive.
>
>
> The dirty little secret, here, is this is accomplished by selling
> a larger drive branded as a smaller one!  :<  "Ain't no free lunch!"
>
> Thanks!
> --don
>
>
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