[ltp] Re: solid state drive?

[Marius Gedminas]

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This is a very informative and interesting post, thanks!

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 08:13:30PM -0500, Theodore Tso wrote:
> As far as prices are concerned, the Intel X25-M SSD is more expensive
> than traditional MLC drives, but cheaper than SLC drives.  The street
> price of the 80GB SSD is $400.  Sure, that's about 4x the price of an
> HDD, but given its shock resistance and speed, that's not bad.  In
> contrast, traditional 64GB SLC drives cost about $500, and traditional
> 64GB MLC drives cost about $140.  (And an 80GB HDD is about $40).

This is slightly confusing: how is a $400 SSD about 4x the price of a
$40 HDD?

Marius Gedminas
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