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7-Way SSD Round-Up: Sandforce vs. JMicron |
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| Tue, August 03 2010 | 12:00PM | PermaLink |
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Shortly after publishing a recent 5-way SSD round-up, a number of the manufacturers that employ Sandforce controllers in their products released updated drives that offered more usable capacity to end users. The first wave of SF-1200 based drives to hit the scene had about 22% of their flash memory over-provisioned for cache purposes, wear-leveling, and other proprietary Sandforce functions. 100GB drives like the OCZ Vertex 2 and Corsair Force F100, for example, actually featured 128GB of flash memory on-board. The second wave of drives to arrive, however, have about 6.25% of their flash memory over-provisioned, and as such, they offer more usable capacity to end users.
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nosebleed speeds of Solid State |
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| Mon, June 22 2009 | 12:00PM | PermaLink |
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"So long as you can get accustomed to having your large, stagnant
data a seperate 'mass storage' drive, the slower access times and rotational
speeds will have little effect on your daily use. The Caviar Green series
starts to make sense when you realize your bulk data does not necessarily
need to be spinning at 10,000 RPM, and the lower heat output will likely
result in greater longevity of your storage medium. This is especially true
if you don't have the greatest ventilation in your particular application
(i.e. DVR's)."
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