Cannot speak for the SSD but Ive used G-Tech drives since working over the pond the last few years and they are very reliable, much better than the cheapo plastic drives out there.
oh my god, if this is the kind of thing that finds its way into christmas stocking at your house, I want to be there next chrimbo!
on a more realistic note.. I have about 6GB of ddr2 667 RAM in 256MB sticks, thanks to all the apple macs we buy then upgrade the RAM ourselves. Any suggestions what to do with it?
Anyone remember when it used to mean "Reliable Array of INEXPENSIVE Disks"? Before the likes of HP, IBM, Sun, EMC and others got their grubby paws on it and quietly changed it to "independent" from "inexpensive" so they could sell monstrously expensive disks as part of their arrays? This is just more of the same. RAID (RAID 5, when "RAID 0" and "RAID 1" were more honestly called "striped" and "mirrored" before the marketing asshats got hold of it and started misleading people that everything was "RAID" this and "RAID" that) was to be used with cheap disks that failed, but you didn't care that they failed because the array just kept working. SSD don't fit that category of "cheap disks".
WD My Passport Essential 500GB Portable Hard Drive - Black (USB 2.0)
WD Caviar Black 1TB Hard Drive (Serial ATA-300, 7,200 RPM, 32MB)
WD My Book Essential Edition External 1TB Hard Drive (USB 2.0, 16MB)
Intel X25-M Gen2 160GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (SATA)
WD My Passport Essential Portable 320GB Hard Drive - Black (USB 2.0)
G-Technology puts SSD RAID in your pocket
Lionel Baden
Recession ?? #
Posted Saturday 10th January 2009 17:52 GMT
Im guessing these guys dont really read the news much
$1000 for a 250 gig hdd
Hohnestly could you really justify that sort of spending !
Anonymous Coward
Stunning kit! #
Posted Saturday 10th January 2009 17:52 GMT
Who said hard drives is dead?
b
wow 195mb/s! #
Posted Saturday 10th January 2009 17:52 GMT
yeah SDD raid, i think i'm getting a lazy-on!
will 2009 be the year of the SSD?
i hope so..i can def see me getting one this year, just hope they sort out the format..
cheers,
bill
p.s. stuff and nonsense: http://www.eupeople.net/forum
b166er
How much?! #
Posted Saturday 10th January 2009 20:08 GMT
And no ethernet either, poopy
Rob
solid drives #
Posted Saturday 10th January 2009 20:08 GMT
Cannot speak for the SSD but Ive used G-Tech drives since working over the pond the last few years and they are very reliable, much better than the cheapo plastic drives out there.
Anonymous Coward
stocking stuffer? #
Posted Sunday 11th January 2009 18:24 GMT
oh my god, if this is the kind of thing that finds its way into christmas stocking at your house, I want to be there next chrimbo!
on a more realistic note.. I have about 6GB of ddr2 667 RAM in 256MB sticks, thanks to all the apple macs we buy then upgrade the RAM ourselves. Any suggestions what to do with it?
Matt
title #
Posted Monday 12th January 2009 05:19 GMT
no ethernet.. I wouldnt expect it to have any... its way too small for a nas, its a small capacity drive aimed I expect at mobile HD video types...
raving angry loony
RAID #
Posted Monday 12th January 2009 19:02 GMT
Anyone remember when it used to mean "Reliable Array of INEXPENSIVE Disks"? Before the likes of HP, IBM, Sun, EMC and others got their grubby paws on it and quietly changed it to "independent" from "inexpensive" so they could sell monstrously expensive disks as part of their arrays? This is just more of the same. RAID (RAID 5, when "RAID 0" and "RAID 1" were more honestly called "striped" and "mirrored" before the marketing asshats got hold of it and started misleading people that everything was "RAID" this and "RAID" that) was to be used with cheap disks that failed, but you didn't care that they failed because the array just kept working. SSD don't fit that category of "cheap disks".