Now we're talking! 120gb Solid State Drives

Grazie wrote on 11/11/2008, 3:52 AM
http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=911287&Product=120Gb+OCZ+SATA300+%22%22Solid+Series%22%22+Solid+State+Drive120Gb OCZ SATA300 ""Solid Series"" Solid State Drive[/link]

OK, only ("only" - lol ) 120gbs, but I remember musing over this as an option about 3 years back. "Grazie, you mad! and not for the money anyway!!"

Nearly there folks! Nearly there. . .and where will be this time next year? Just a lens on a SSD? Done!

Grazie



Comments

farss wrote on 11/11/2008, 4:45 AM
Our SI-2K was used as a backup cam for another SI-2K on an overseas shoot. As it was being hand held on a naval jet boat on the high seas spinning disks were out. Someone found some 160GB "industrial" SSD. They seemed to have heldup better than the cameramans kidneys and cost about as much.

From the limited research I've done there's a big difference between SSDs. Prices for the same capacity ranged from $450 to $3,500.

Bob.
apit34356 wrote on 11/11/2008, 5:29 AM
Farss is correct about SSDs, there is a "big" difference in "density" or large storage vs "speed". The multi-cell transistor SSD offers currently the best speed but is more costly per Gigbyte and consumes a lot more power------ and it does not come on high density ics, like the slower single cell---- so it's designs are a lot more bulky. .
jabloomf1230 wrote on 11/11/2008, 12:04 PM
And the rumor is that Intel is about to announce an "consumer" SSD bigger than 80GB also. This is why tapes, mechanical hard drives and optical disks are all on their way out the door. Then again, some airplanes still have propellers.
farss wrote on 11/11/2008, 12:44 PM
Just keep in mind that SSDs do wear out. Whilst you avoid the problem of mechanical failure that HDDs have SSDs have a limited number of write cycles.

Bob.