[AJ]

Intel releases more affordable X25-V solid-state drive
http://www.techspot.com/news/38233-intel-releases-more-affordable-x25v-solidstate-drive.html

Spoiler

tsitaat:

Even though it has been available for a while at certain online retailers, Intel today officially announced the 40GB X25-V solid-state drive, a cut-down version of its X25-M model that will sell for a mere $125. The new drive is being marketed as an "entry-level" option for use in netbooks or dual-drive desktop PCs, where it would serve as a boot drive to offer users faster boot times and faster access to key applications. The X25-V features 40GB of 34nm MLC NAND flash memory and support for Windows 7's TRIM function via the Intel SSD Optimizer. Windows XP and Vista users can also retain the out-of-box performance of this drive with the included SSD Toolbox. Unfortunately unlike its bigger siblings, which boasts sequential read speeds of 250MB/s and write rates of up to 100MB/s, the X25-V is limited to 170MB/s for reads and just 35MB/s for writes. The 80GB X25-M drive can be had for around $230, so while the price of the X25-V is indeed easier to swallow, the cost per gigabyte is actually higher and you forfeit a great deal of performance. Perhaps not so coincidentally Intel's announcement comes hot on the heels of rival vendor OCZ's Onyx SSD launch. That drive will give you 32GB of storage capacity along with read and write speeds of 125MB/s and 70MB/s, respectively -- all for a still unspecified sub-$100 price.

Intel-i pressiteade http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/2010/20100315comp.htm

E.
Intel's X25-V & Kingston's 30GB SSDNow V Series: Battle of the $125 SSDs
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3773

[friik1]

Lihtsalt suurepärane. Mu OCZ Vertex 256GB failis täna.

[Andrus Luht]

friik1, kuidas täpsemini?

[friik1]

Jätsin õhtul läpsi tööle. Hommikuks oli restartinud ja ketast enam ei leidnud. Restardi järel leidis üles, aga juba töö juures polnud kuskile backupi teha. Mingi corruption oli kah, kuna mõned DLLid olid puudu ja shortcutid katki, mille chkdsk väidetavalt ära parandas ning kõik töötas edasi. Koju tagasi jõudes ei leia enam üldse üles.

[toivos]

[friik1]

Kui peale paaritunnist seismist pilti ette ei võta (OCZ foorumi soovitus) ning OCZ ise ringi ei vaheta (eBayst pärit) ja vähemalt üritad datat kätte saada, siis küll.

[Jaanus]

Mul sama kala juhtunud, Kristoferr-l juhtus paar päeva tagasi...
Tean kuidas korda saab

[friik1]

[Kristoferr]

Suht lihtne korda saada, aga aega võtab ja selle käigus kaotad kettal olevad andmed. Kahjuks on see paratamatus, et ketaste firmware vahel töö lõpetab.
Installida tuleb uus firmware.
1. Installi 1.1 firmware, mille saad http://www.upload.ee/files/449626/Vertex_1.10.zip.html
- Kõigepealt ühenda ketas järelt ära ja pane kettale jumper.
- Tee arvutile clear bios. Arvuti ei tohi olla üle klokitud
- Ühenda ketas järgi, buudi windowsi ja lase 1.1 firmware peale. (Ilmselgelt on selleks vaja teist ketast, millel windows)
2. Ühenda jumper lahti, clear bios uuesti buudi windowsi ning kontrolli administrative tools alt, kas ketas on olemas. Kui ketas on operatsioonisüsteemi ketas, siis ära kettale partitsiooni tekita. Windowsi installi käigus tehakse automaatne format ja tekitatakse uus partitsioon.
- Mina tegin selles etapis kettale veel sanitary erase, aga ma ei tea kas see oli vajalik. Lihtsalt igaks juhuks lasin üle.
3. Järgmiseks tuleb sul tekitada usb boot drive või cd/dvd boot drive. Õpetuse leiad siit http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?67815-This-thread-has-the-1.5-FW-update-for-Agility-and-Vertex-drives
Kui see tehtud, siis õnnelikku uue OP süsteemi installimist sulle!


Mul nüüd ketas 1.5ga uuesti töös teist päeva. Ühtegi anomaaliat ega probleemi enam esinenud ei ole (sülitab kolm korda üle õla)
Igaks juhuks teen nüüd regulaarselt süsteemikettale kogunevatest andmetest koopia HDDle.

[friik1]

Kristoferr, 1.1 ei tohi installida ketastele, millel see või vanem pole tehasest peal olnud, kui ma olen õigesti aru saanud.

[Andrus Luht]

Ptüi-ptüi-ptüi üle vasema, minul pole Intel X25-M ketastega mingit jama olnud. Juba pool aastat 3tk neid RAID0's ja muret pole. Kiirust aga nii et tapab

[friik1]

Paistab, et 1.3'le võib ikkagi 1.1 selga lasta. Lasen pigem üle öö ikka seista, enne kui andmed maha kannan ja katsetama hakkan.

[Kristoferr]

[tqz]

[friik1]

Intel oli omal ajal plaanis, aga 160GB poleks vast välja tulnud.

[Andrus Luht]

friik1, 3x80GB RAID0 või isegi 2x80 RAID0 on nii sigakiired juba, et naljalt midagi vastu ei pane...

[friik1]

Seda küll, aga läpparisse RAIDi ei topi ning mul on pidevalt 100GB+ kola kaasas töö jaoks...

[Kristoferr]

Vertexid on küll oluliselt kiiremad, kui Inteli SSDd, kuid kahjuks jah nendega on ka rohkem muresid.
Siiski tavakasutajal, kes arvutit üle ei kella ja firmware tihti uuendada ei viitsi, ei tohiks tohiks erilisi muresid tekkida.

[tqz]

[Kristoferr]

See test kalab sajaga muide. Aga ma ei viitsigi siinkohal vaielda. Otsi mõnda uuema firmwarega vertexi testi. Või siis testi, mis pole inteli poolt rahastatud.

[Andrus Luht]

Kristoferr, mis ajast on PC Mark Vantage rahastatud Inteli poolt!?

[friik1]

Barefooti sequential read ja write on paremad, Intelil on random parem.

[tqz]

Ma sain ta jutust nii aru, et Anandtechi testid on Inteli poolt rahastatud. Küsitava väärtusega jutt nii või teisiti. Tooks siis enda väidete juurde tõestustki

Kristoferr, tegelikult tahaks ma täitsa teada, kui suur see jõudluse vahe erinevate firmware'dega on OCZ-l, aga ei õnnestunud selliseid teste leida. Kui tead mõnda siis lingi siia

friik1, sequential write on vist jah Inteli nõrk koht, aga nagu testidest näha, siis reaalses kasutuses pole need näitajad enamasti kuigi olulised.

[Kristoferr]

Otsisin seda testi, mis lugenud olin, aga ei leia enam. Leitud testides on tõesti ineli teiste põlvkonna SSD kettad väga kiired ja on samal pulgal või kiiremad, kui Vertexid. Ainuke asi jah, milles inteli SSDle kott pähe tõmmati, oli sequental write.
Tegin natuke liiga inteli SSDle.

[AJ]

New Intel driver brings TRIM support for RAID setups
http://www.tcmagazine.com/comments.php?shownews=33366&catid=3

[Juan Pablo]

Ma olen uurinud et ssd on 6* kiirem kui tavaline ketas- maeisaa aru mis siin võrrelda enam on

[Kristoferr]

[Tomorrow]

[AJ]

Solid State Drives Roundup
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/ssd-roundup.html

Testitakse järgmisi SSD-si

*Kingston SSD Now V Series SNV125-S2, 64 GB
*Kingston SSD Now V Series SNV125-S2, 128 GB
*Kingston SSD Now V+ Series SNVP325-S2, 128 GB
*OCZ Agility EX, 60 GB
*Super Talent MasterDrive SX SAM28GM25S, 128 GB
*Super Talent UltraDrive GX FTD64GX25H, 64 GB
*Super Talent UltraDrive SX FTM28GX25H, 128 GB
*Wintec Filemate 3FMS2S256M-R0, 256 GB

[Kristoferr]

V+ on meeldiv üllatus ja Inteli X25 G2 jälle omab kõiki tänu oma access time kiirustele.
Samas on Intel ikkagi nii sigakallis.

[AJ]

Seda peab tõesti tunnistama, et raha oskab Intel küsida.

E.
Plextor PX-128M1S 128GB Solid State Drive / SSD Review
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2510

E.
Intel X25-V in RAID-0: Faster than X25-M G2 for $250?
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3618/intel-x25v-in-raid0-faster-than-x25m-g2-for-250

[DVDRW]

Huvitav kas HDD suurtootjad Seagate, Samsung, Hitachi jne ei hakkagi SSDsid müüma? Vähemalt HV-s ei näe ühtegi.
Et siis intel, OSZ, Kingston, Apacer jne jäävadki ainukesteks?

[Tomorrow]

[AJ]

Corsair Nova V128 SSD review
http://guru3d.com/article/corsair-v128-ssd-review/

[Andium]

Kas kusagil on arvutipoes on väljas kaks arvutit samade andmetega aga ainult ühes on SSD ja teises HDD. Tahaks proovida?

[KrisVr]

[DVDRW]

Suurtel lauaarvutitel pole jah aga läpakatel on küll.
Aga ülioluline on ka, milline SSD seal sees on. Praegu enamus SSDd on tegelikult kõvaketastest aeglasemad. Eriti just kokkupandud arvutites, sest sinna valitakse ju alati võimalkult juustud komponendid.
Isegi Dell paneb oma läpakatesse mingid aeglased Samsungi SSDd.
Paljud seda kahjuks ei tea, ostavad ja siis pettuvad SSD-s.
Läptop või lauakas tuleb osta ilma kettata ja sinna ise osta mingi vertex turbo vms juurde.

[vex]

ei ytleks et need samsungid nüüd nii kehvakesed on, mis delliga myyakse

[DVDRW]

Neid Samsunge on ka erinevaid. Moodmoodi kiirust teada ei saa, kui tuleb enne arvuti ostu seda testida. Nimetage mõni arvutipood, kes lubab enne arvuti ostu selle ketast testida

[Optimist]

[SurfData]

[AJ]

Buffalo SHD-NSU2 sporting Indilinx Barefoot controller
http://www.nordichardware.com/en/component/content/article/86-storage/10989-buffalo-shd-nsu2-sporting-indilinx-barefoot-controller.html

Spoiler

tsitaat:

Storage company Buffalo has presented a new series of Solid State Drives that looks to be using the Indilinx Barefoot controller. Barefoot was the hottest thing outside Intel's lab a few months ago, but during 2010 it has been overshadowed by newcomer SandForce and its SSD processors. Indilinx is far from new and Buffalo hasn't made a poor move choosing this acknowledged and well performing Barefoot controller. Buffalo SHD-NSU2 is the name of the new series, available in four capacities (32, 64, 128 and 256GB) and use the most common 2.5" format. Buffalo reports read speeds up to 175MB/s, which is hinting that it is not using the fastest available NAND flash circuits, but there is no mention of the write speed. With TRIM and prices between 14,600 - 78,600 YEN they start selling in Japan in about two weeks.

[1dumbpcuser]

VelociRaptor Returns: 6Gb/s, 600GB, And 10,000 RPM
TomsHW

Spoiler

[DVDRW]

Uurisin, et hea variant on ka 2x intel X25-V (~1700kr tk) RAID0. Kohati ületab X25-E-d

[tahanteada]

DVDRW, tomorrow: Muide - see info, et Hitachi SSD-maailmas "ei mölla" pole päris täpne, kuna Hitachi teeb mitu aastat koostööd Inteliga. Nii, et kes tahab Hitachiga kohtuda, peab Inteli märgi alla piiluma.

Ning uskuda võib, et seetõttu ei hakka ka Hitachi oma kaubamärgi all eraldi rabelema, vaid talle piisab sellestki, mis talle Inteli nime kaasabil "sülle kukub".

Näiteks kah üks link:
http://www.silicon.com/technology/hardware/2008/12/02/hitachi-and-intel-ssd-love-in-39357529/

[AJ]

OCZ debuts second-generation Z-Drive R2 PCIe SSDs
http://www.dvhardware.net/article42063.html

Spoiler

tsitaat:

OCZ introduced its next-generation Z-Drive PCI Express Solid State Disks. You can find the specifications over here, these server units feature up to 2TB of NAND flash memory with lightning fast transfer speeds of up to 1.4GB/s. OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (OTCBB: OCZT), a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and flash-based storage as an alternative to hard disk drives (HDDs), announces the Company’s plan to enter mass production of the Z-Drive R2 Solid State Drive (SSD) Series, the second rendition of the original Z-Drive family. The Z-Drive R2 builds on the existing solution but provides greater performance and design flexibility due to the implementation of a series of optimized NAND modules. “Our 4th generation PCIe SSD, the Z-Drive R2, tackles the performance challenges facing enterprise IT professionals head-on” said Ryan Petersen, CEO of the OCZ Technology Group. “The Z-Drive R2 is a total solution that delivers exceptional performance over a wide of range of applications due to its superior sequential performance, making it a winner in both high IOP and high-throughput environments. In addition, it is the only bootable and field serviceable PCIe SSD option on the market today, and due to an innovative interchangeable module design, it enables low cost field upgradability and capacity increases giving storage architects unprecedented flexibility.” The innovative Z-Drive R2 SSD maximizes bandwidth by taking the SATA bottleneck out of the equation and utilizes the speed advantages of the PCI-Express interface. Unlike competing solutions, the Z-Drive family is bootable and with 8 PCI-E lanes and an eight-way[1] RAID 0 configuration, the R2 delivers performance ideal for enterprise applications that are limited by HDD technology. What also makes the R2 especially exceptional is the use of interchangeable modules in the place of permanent, surface-mounted NAND; this unique feature-set is designed to make the Z-Drive field-serviceable and field-upgradeable. Addressing the emerging performance demands of storage area networks (SANs), workstations, and servers, the Z-Drive R2 creates new possibilities in enterprise data management. The R2 delivers extremely fast transfer rates up to 1.4 GB/s, while offering enhanced reliability and durability compared to mechanical hard drives. Promoting greater productivity for a broad range of applications spanning across virtualization, caching, and high-end storage, the Z-Drive R2 can also provide cost savings when considering the total cost of ownership (TCO) versus complex and hard to maintain HDD infrastructures. With capacities ranging from 256GB to 2TB, the R2 makes SSDs a viable alternative to large, power-consuming hard drive arrays. Furthermore, OCZ offers customization options for OEM clients that may require tailored hardware or firmware solutions for their business.

[1dumbpcuser]

Spring 2010 Solid State Drive Roundup, Part 1
TomsHW

[AJ]

Corsair Force F100 SandForce-powered SSD: a peek at performance
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=24120

Spoiler

tsitaat:

After spending countless hours benchmarking graphics cards and publishing reviews on the GeForce GTX 4x0 range of GPUs, it's refreshing for something different to drop into the review box. We received a new solid-state drive from Corsair late yesterday afternoon. Breaking open the UPS box highlighted that it was the F100, part of the Force range, and distinguished by being powered by the much-talked-about SandForce controller. The Corsair F100's presented in the standard black aluminium casing and 2.5in form factor. As the name suggests, it has a 100GB capacity that formats down to some 93GB in Windows. Priced at £320 for this model and £557 for the double-capacity F200, both drives attract a reasonable premium over established models that are powered by, in the main, Indilinx, Intel and Samsung controllers. SandForce at the helm The main reason has to do with the controller used. The F100 employs the SF-1200 processor from SandForce, and the company rates it to 260MB/s write and 260MB/s read, based on 128K blocks, and, probably more importantly for the target environment, read/write 4K IOPS of 30,000 and 10,000, respectively. SandForce also has a 'higher-specified' controller, SF-1500, which can also interface with enterprise-class SLC NAND in addition to widely-used MLC. Speeds are healthy, of course, but SandForce makes a point of stressing optimisations pertaining to writes for the NAND memory. In particular, its DuraWrite technology seeks to extend the life of SSDs by minimising on write amplification - the amount of NAND writing actually required for certain-sized data, where larger-than-needed blocks are copied into main system memory and then back to the NAND - to a figure below one. In short, you don't want to write more blocks than is absolutely necessary, and lesser controllers often have write amplification of 10x, or more. The design of the controller, low write amplification, and intelligent wear-levelling techniques means that SandForce can do without a supporting buffer chip; there is no on-SSD cache here. SF-1200 also supports TRIM and 128-bit AES encryption, too. On the face of it, a SandForce-equipped SSD straddles the client and enterprise spaces. Corsair's taking advantage of it with the Force series here, but many other companies are using the same combination of controller and NAND and marketing their own high-end SSDs.

[DVDRW]

Sain oma esimese SSD kätte (x25-v 1680kr) - WOW
Unustage HDD süsteemikettana!

[aise]

kuskohast sellise hinnaga siis saab? kas XP peal on üldse pointi SSD´l? trim, garbage jms funktsionaalsus ikka toimib?