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HopeHoops

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11. It's where we are going, like it or not and it has all of the advantages.

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 11:45 AM

Mar 2012

Hard drives aren't as fragile as they once were, but when they crap out, they do it with attitude. Floppies served us well, as did ZIP drives. Magnetic tape, card readers and paper tape are all in the "nope" category. I've had 24x7 requirement systems I've had to administer remotely. I'd rather just give a command that says "go to SSD34 instead of SSD27".

I'll agree that the push for acceptance is currently a liability for reliability, but it won't be for long. The first hard drive I used was a 5MB Corvus that weighed 40 lbs. I've got about 15 TB of storage on my desk right now (just counting hard drives). The reliability will come with time.

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Does anyone have any experience with SSD drives..... [View all] wandy Mar 2012 OP

I have a similar system Turbineguy Mar 2012 #1

Thanks for the input. wandy Mar 2012 #2

Agreed - DO NOT DEFRAG. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #5

I'm not going to try it, but ya got to wonder..... wandy Mar 2012 #18

SSD's are great, however.... steve2470 Mar 2012 #3

In the end I went with a..... wandy Mar 2012 #4

SSD's are best for the 5 1/2" screen minis, mostly for weight. They will take over physical drives. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #6

Went with the Muskin. wandy Mar 2012 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Mar 2012 #8

I beat the crap out of mine and haven't had any troubles. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Mar 2012 #10

It's where we are going, like it or not and it has all of the advantages. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Mar 2012 #12

I remember a discussion about how a 176K floppy disk could be compressed to... HopeHoops Mar 2012 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Mar 2012 #14

First, the wear out - that's physical. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Mar 2012 #16

LOL! Yeah, but they used to have their own beer coolers! HopeHoops Mar 2012 #17