Samsung unveils powerful new drive - Page 2

Adrian Wong · 27th May 2008, 08:03 AM

Nice!! 256 GB is a really useful capacity for a notebook drive!

Dashken · 27th May 2008, 08:27 AM

Shock resistant? Hmm... I don't know. I've dropped my USB flash drive before and it went dead, straight... and you won't get any warning of this kind of drive dying as well.

Adrian Wong · 27th May 2008, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Dashken

Shock resistant? Hmm... I don't know. I've dropped my USB flash drive before and it went dead, straight... and you won't get any warning of this kind of drive dying as well.

Serious or not... Solid state device what. Unless you break the PCB or something.

Dashken · 27th May 2008, 08:49 AM

Yup, dropped it and then it's not detectable anymore.

Or it's a coincidence that the writing/reading lifetime coincided with the drop?

Adrian Wong · 27th May 2008, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Dashken

Yup, dropped it and then it's not detectable anymore.

Or it's a coincidence that the writing/reading lifetime coincided with the drop?

LOL! Unlikely. The storage cells in the flash drive are unlikely to fail together at once.

Mac Daddy · 27th May 2008, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Dashken

Shock resistant? Hmm... I don't know. I've dropped my USB flash drive before and it went dead, straight... and you won't get any warning of this kind of drive dying as well.

Shock resistant usually refers to some sort of read ahead buffering like Sony CD players used a few years back to prevent skipping during playback in vehicles. That sucks on the USB man

Adrian Wong · 27th May 2008, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

Shock resistant usually refers to some sort of read ahead buffering like Sony CD players used a few years back to prevent skipping during playback in vehicles. That sucks on the USB man

Actually, read-ahead buffering only works for mechanical devices like CD players. Whenever a vehicle hits a bump, the jolt causes the disc to vibrate and this disrupts the laser reading from it. The buffer buys the player sometime to realign and start reading properly again.

Doesn't work for flash drives because they are solid state devices.

Mac Daddy · 27th May 2008, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Actually, read-ahead buffering only works for mechanical devices like CD players. Whenever a vehicle hits a bump, the jolt causes the disc to vibrate and this disrupts the laser reading from it. The buffer buys the player sometime to realign and start reading properly again.

Doesn't work for flash drives because they are solid state devices.

True guess I got off topic there

So what is shock protection on this drive

Adrian Wong · 27th May 2008, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

True guess I got off topic there

So what is shock protection on this drive

Oh, well, it's just that the entire drive is made from solid state components. No mechanical parts. So, they are much more robust to shock than hard drives.

Mac Daddy · 27th May 2008, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Oh, well, it's just that the entire drive is made from solid state components. No mechanical parts. So, they are much more robust to shock than hard drives.

Yes I suppose but an odd spec to mention on a solid state device I think thats what Dashken was getting at ....

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