[Cialug] ssd drives (again)

[Matt Stanton]

The OCZ 2- and 3-series SSDs were notorious for dying on people.  The Vertex 4s and the new Vector SSDs have a much better reputation.

The Crucial M4 SSDs and the Samsung 830 SSDs have proven themselves extremely reliable among performance enthusiasts.  The Crucials use [one of] the wildly popular Sandforce controller, have decent performance, and are inexpensive.  The Samsungs are unique among SSDs in that Samsung makes the flash, the controller, and writes the firmware themselves.  The Samsung 840 and 840 Pro series are newer, but they are expected to be similarly reliable.  I don't think I've ever seen anything about the Intel SSDs other than the fact that they are reliable.  They have always been too expensive for me to take them into consideration.

Keep in mind this is just a regurgitation of many facts and/or opinions read on several forums (fora?), including Tom's Hardware and Overclock.net.  I don't have any hands-on experience with any of these SSDs.

-- Matt (N0BOX)

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-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com>
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] ssd drives (again)

Y
es, if you want reliable, go with Intel or Samsung for SSD.


On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Justin Richeson <neomatrixjr at gmail.com>wrote:

> I can't give any personal experience but when I was looking for my SSD back
> in October going over all the reviews the general feeling I got was OCZ's
> were fairly unreliable.
>
> YMMV
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
>
> > Anyone using  a OCZ Technology 256GB Vertex 4 Series SATA 6.0 GB/s
> 2.5-Inch
> > (SSD) in a light duty mysql server?   I've been currently using a patriot
> > pyro 120gb in an older server (dell 2940 iirc) that has a sata ii
> interface
> > and I was considering building something newer that uses sata III with
> the
> > OCZ drive.
> >
> > My question is: If you have been using one of these drives, has it been
> > dependable?
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