Comments on: Solid state drives deliver poor performance, super reliability http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/02/15/solid-state-drives-deliver-poor-performance-super-reliability/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: George Gardner http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/02/15/solid-state-drives-deliver-poor-performance-super-reliability/comment-page-1/#comment-76769 George Gardner Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:55:22 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/02/15/solid-state-drives-deliver-poor-performance-super-reliability/#comment-76769 This article seems to be a bit biased and mis-informed. Despite what this article says, the benchmark showed the SSD was said to have slower WRITE times only; the READ times actually benchmarked higher. You failed to mention the lack of compatibility between the operating system and the SSD, which was said to make SSDs "look enormously better than a hard disk drive." You also failed to mention the brand of the SSD used in the benchmark, a detail that could clearly make a difference in tests. For example, Samsungs NAND offers speeds nearly 5 times greater than that of Intel’s NAND memory. In addition to your list of "only" advantages to the SSD, you failed to mention that these drives emit significantly less noise, are not susceptible to humidity or temperature, and offer a much higher level of security, as the deletion of a file on an SSD will leave no residual data that can be recovered. This article seems to be a bit biased and mis-informed. Despite what this article says, the benchmark showed the SSD was said to have slower WRITE times only; the READ times actually benchmarked higher.

You failed to mention the lack of compatibility between the operating system and the SSD, which was said to make SSDs “look enormously better than a hard disk drive.” You also failed to mention the brand of the SSD used in the benchmark, a detail that could clearly make a difference in tests. For example, Samsungs NAND offers speeds nearly 5 times greater than that of Intel’s NAND memory.

In addition to your list of “only” advantages to the SSD, you failed to mention that these drives emit significantly less noise, are not susceptible to humidity or temperature, and offer a much higher level of security, as the deletion of a file on an SSD will leave no residual data that can be recovered.

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