[X4U] Any SSD users?

John K Masters johnmasters at me.com
Tue Nov 3 12:52:28 PST 2009


On 14:35 Tue 03 Nov     , Michael Elliott wrote:
> I have been reading a lot about SOlid State Drives recently,
> especially on anandtech.com. Generally rave reviews about the speed-
> boosting potential of these drives.
> 
> Is anyone here using an SSD drive as their main drive?
> 

I have a netbook with a SSD drive. The recommendation from the
manufacturers (Asus) is to not run a journalling file system. The life
expectancy of a SSD is much shorter than the traditional hard drive. 

Much faster but be sure to have a damn good backup strategy in place.

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Regards,
    John K Masters


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