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very large applications is pretty snappy.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On F=
ri, Dec 21, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Eddie G. O&#39;Connor Jr. wrote:<br><blockquot=
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  <div bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" text=3D"#000000">You mean that all this hype ove=
r SSD&#39;s and they&#39;re LIMITED? I
    thought they were supposed to be BETTER than the spinning drives of
    today? Exaclty how are they better if they come &quot;out-of-the-box&qu=
ot;
    with limitations? Just curious...<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div=
><div class=3D"gmail_extra">It&#39;s well known that flash devices have a l=
imited number of writes. This number is pretty high, though. And with cachi=
ng and load-balancing built into the drive&#39;s firmware, it is typically =
not a major concern.<br>
<br>However, although SSD devices have lightning-fast read performance, wri=
ting to them is considerably slower. Think of the difference between readin=
g a big file from a flash thumb drive versus writing a big file. That doesn=
&#39;t mean that you should never write to them, but if the intended use in=
volves writing very frequently (like /var or /tmp) then it might not be a g=
ood fit.<br>
</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">Also,=
 SSD is much more expensive, byte-for-byte, than a hard drive. If you want =
a lot storage (my /home partition is well over a terabyte) then SSD is pret=
ty cost prohibitive.<br>
<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">On the other hand, my system drive is =
SSD and, because of the fast read performance, my computer boots, after the=
 BIOS screen, in four seconds. From the login screen to my desktop is anoth=
er 2-3 seconds. Starting even very large applications is pretty snappy.<br>
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