World's largest ssd drive

PowerSlide · 25th Feb 2007, 03:35 AM

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Adtron has just unveiled a 2.5-inch SSD drive, which is claimed to be the world’s largest capacity at 160GB. Just one drawback, this drive will cost $80-$115 per GB. For those who haven’t already seen, check out a SSD vs. HDD demonstration after the jump.

wow..this is not even affordable at all now LOL

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/t...iled#more-7783

Adrian Wong · 26th Feb 2007, 12:38 AM

LOL!! No way it will be affordable... or worth buying.

AFAICS, SSD drives will never beat hard drives in price-performance.

But they certainly do have a market, albeit niche, in applications that require very high performance... or shock resistance.

ChampionLLY · 26th Feb 2007, 01:22 AM

seagate got the 160gb 2.5" 5400rpm hdd abt a year ago...

$80~115/gb is ridiculous

Adrian Wong · 26th Feb 2007, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ChampionLLY

seagate got the 160gb 2.5" 5400rpm hdd abt a year ago...

$80~115/gb is ridiculous

Hehe... Indeed.

PowerSlide · 26th Feb 2007, 02:14 AM

wen this tech mature n more n more company making it sure it will be affordable..now jus sti back n see the prices drop

Chai · 26th Feb 2007, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

LOL!! No way it will be affordable... or worth buying.

AFAICS, SSD drives will never beat hard drives in price-performance.

But they certainly do have a market, albeit niche, in applications that require very high performance... or shock resistance.

High performance? What about those 2.5" SAS?

Adrian Wong · 26th Feb 2007, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Chai

High performance? What about those 2.5" SAS?

Eh, SAS is just the interface la... The drive is still a hard drive.

Chai · 27th Feb 2007, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Eh, SAS is just the interface la... The drive is still a hard drive.

Not really. SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) HDD are not just interface only. They are usually 10k rpm based HDD. Same size as the SSD, but faster.

Adrian Wong · 27th Feb 2007, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Chai

Not really. SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) HDD are not just interface only. They are usually 10k rpm based HDD. Same size as the SSD, but faster.

Actually, it is just the interface. Yes, the drives are usually 10K RPM, but that doesn't mean they must be 10K RPM drives.

Even so, they cannot beat flash-based drives for start-up time, random access speed, and shock resistance.

Chai · 27th Feb 2007, 02:30 PM

I haven't seen SAS drives that's slower than 10k rpm.

Don't misinterpret what I was trying to say. Yes, SAS is just an interface, but since it's new and replacing parallel SCSI, it also meant that they are all 10k rpm or faster, which is my whole point anyway, current SSDs are still slower than SAS drives.

I think you should know I'm not that dumb to think that SAS as a new and fast interface will make SAS drives faster, right?

In my first post, I didn't mention the drives, but when I mention the 2.5" SAS, that means I was talking about the HDD performance and the form factor, not the interface.

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Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,978 Reputation: 4108 Rep Power: 74	I haven't seen SAS drives that's slower than 10k rpm. Don't misinterpret what I was trying to say. Yes, SAS is just an interface, but since it's new and replacing parallel SCSI, it also meant that they are all 10k rpm or faster, which is my whole point anyway, current SSDs are still slower than SAS drives. I think you should know I'm not that dumb to think that SAS as a new and fast interface will make SAS drives faster, right? In my first post, I didn't mention the drives, but when I mention the 2.5" SAS, that means I was talking about the HDD performance and the form factor, not the interface. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

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ChampionLLY News Writer Join Date: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 1,182 Reputation: 716 Rep Power: 11	seagate got the 160gb 2.5" 5400rpm hdd abt a year ago... $80~115/gb is ridiculous

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PowerSlide Super Active Join Date: 28 Aug 2004 Location: Penang, Malaysia Posts: 1,402 Reputation: 871 Rep Power: 14	wen this tech mature n more n more company making it sure it will be affordable..now jus sti back n see the prices drop