Performance review over at Toms Hardware

[Joe Carney]

I couldn't find a link here, so hope it's not already been posted
SSD using SATA interface from SanDisk.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/08/13/flash_based_hard_drives_cometh/

Pretty impressive results, especially read times. they tested both regular and in raid 0 configuration.

[number6]

That's interesting, but did you also read the one about the terrabyte dvds? It is also at THG and the link is http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33582/135/

I think this will solve future archive needs since they are supposedly stable for 50 years. Of course, something better could come along an hour or two from now.

[Joe Carney]

That's interesting, but did you also read the one about the terrabyte dvds? It is also at THG and the link is http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33582/135/

I think this will solve future archive needs since they are supposedly stable for 50 years. Of course, something better could come along an hour or two from now.

As far as the Terabyte DVDs, it sounds like another one of those great ideas that will never make it to the real world. I'm still waiting for holographic storage that was supposed to be out last year.

What I like about the Sandisk and the upcoming Seagate drives is they are a drop in replacement for disk based HDs. Unlike a single CF card, they can take advantage of existing SATA raid tech to improve their write speeds. For those that didn't read, 2 of them in raid 0 config have write speeds between 40 and 60 MB and read speeds of 120MB sustained.

[number6]

As far as the Terabyte DVDs, it sounds like another one of those great ideas that will never make it to the real world. I'm still waiting for holographic storage that was supposed to be out last year.



Yeah, I also found another link to the Terrabyte DVD story. It went into more detail and even had an interview with the developer. According to the developer, the first release will probably only hold about 650 GBs but can shortly go up to 5 TBs, and the machine (I guess, recorder/reader) will run about $3000 initially. But they also say the first adopter high end users will only get the technology in about 18 months, I think it was. The general public shouldn't look for it for another 12 months later. There was a passing reference to the holographic storage... from Hitachi, I think. In whatever form it comes, it should be great for archiving our recorded data. I can even see a time when RAW footage can be projected on a community or city block ouned theater for co-op patrons, and all it will require is a DVD sized disk.

Of course, this is all "way out there" and your link is much more useful for what we need "right now!"