[Cialug] ssd drives (again)

[Dave Hala]

I think I'll take a look at the intel MLC drives. Clearly the sandforce
controller by itself is not the issue and there seems to be a lot of
chatter about the Intel reliability.


On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Nathan C. Smith <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com>wrote:

> I have used around a dozen Intel SSDs of several different models in
> appliances, utility servers, and laptops and desktops.  They have been very
> reliable.  I think the oldest may be under four years old.  Out of these so
> far I have had issues with a Cherryville on a Windows machine, I'm not sure
> yet if the SSD is at fault or there is a virus or Trojan involved.  I've
> had such good luck with the Intels I won't use anything else, though the
> Samsung SSDs have me curious.  My firm uses Lenovo laptops (around 20 )
> which have some kind of Toshiba flash drives in them.  They have been
> reliable so far too, but seem to have slowed with age (blame Windows?) they
> are still under 3 years old.
>
> -Nate
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
> Behalf Of Scott Yates
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 5:25 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] ssd drives (again)
>
> I
>
> have first-hand experience with both Crucial, and Intel SSD drives.  Early
> Crucial M4's proved to have issues that required firmware to address, and
> caused BSOD issues even after latest firmware was applied.
>
> The Intel SSD's I am running on the other hand, have been both blazing
> fast and extremely reliable for me, while being more expensive.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Matt Stanton <matt at itwannabe.com> wrote:
>
> > 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)
> >
> > Sent from my ASUS Transformer
> >
> > -----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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