From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NjTR1-00062q-IA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:14:31 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 394C4E0C57 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:14:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pw0-f53.google.com (mail-pw0-f53.google.com [209.85.160.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C8E0E07C2 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:54:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwj5 with SMTP id 5so2022666pwj.40 for ; Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:54:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=jLJiTA+KJNZmlqA3OkXvl+JF11S+FkLIuxtD1VwjgTw=; b=P3PhmdGejc2B6VkahlK6Plv2MyzE8m21Yh0VjVsf39sAxr+R51p2D1RsVt7QSLGOtE 1EyzgP4tfVsumNYSQeHkn0yqkoUak1qxQBvB+XWanJSQBKjyLrMHA4Q81pcP7G+8CT0p palr4pBL4FYOFm59SM9S3e3Alh8l3UvyxyicA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=DLPFpetVpuk+oSoTULnmOrzsLv7wcxm6PqH6oXUHu5fjNAwEFYXYk6etiMxWR+jj2k czd0Z821GFcSDWf+rAW+b+/iV3Vb1XOqkg601DT9wNS1zCAcfknyLMetvgM6W2Xm67Sb 9MNgMNdxLNN4fkHPZE/1EV6ny8yTH0usC1rS8= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.67.7 with SMTP id p7mr588799wfa.120.1266825280714; Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:54:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <49bf44f11002161327j23d6693fs39d34bd1eec57eb4@mail.gmail.com> References: <1266312515.4b7a65432cb30@imp.free.fr> <49bf44f11002161304u57179bedg40915fa01295354d@mail.gmail.com> <49bf44f11002161327j23d6693fs39d34bd1eec57eb4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:54:40 +0900 Message-ID: <3ac129341002212354p7b0a6cadte2ae9ce1c204b618@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on SSD From: daid kahl To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: a6917f02-7bac-4976-83f0-8b8f07145899 X-Archives-Hash: 44aff35729a429ae4ba1fff2341d801b On 17 February 2010 06:27, Grant wrote: >>> I thought SSDs were projected to >>> last longer than HDs? Also, from what I've read, SLC should last much >>> longer than MLC. >> >> It's the other way round: HD's last longer dan SSD's. [1] >> >> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive#Disadvantages > > Thanks for the link. I did some Googleing too and I'm really > surprised at what I found. It sounds like SSDs don't have the > projected longevity they did when I researched this a year or so ago. > I'm troubled by the ever-lurking possibility of an HD failure and I > thought SSDs would be my way out. Is an HD the best choice for > reliability? > > - Grant > > As far as I know, solid state devices are much more susceptible to solar flare damage, particularly if you are outside. This is not exactly common, but hey. Of course I also have a theory that not an insignificant number of computer problems are caused by bit-flips from cosmic ray induced muon showers, but I digress... ~daid