On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 20:53 +0100, Michael Watterson wrote:
> Does in fact a GOOD SSD save power? Possibly not compared to some laptop=
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> HDDs.

Actually it's closer then most would think.

> SSD wins on Random access and especially Reads.
> But does it win on sequential writes for single user rather than a Server=
?

Yes, always. An SSD of any good design will CREAM EVERY platter based
drive on sequential writes.

> Win7 and Linux both do a lot of writing. Win7 does a lot of writing even=
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> when you are doing nothing.
>
> Is it not the case that 250Gbyte GOOD SSD is hugely more expensive than=20
> a run of the mill Laptop 250Gbyte HHD

Yes, for now.

> and use more power?

Not really.

> The HDD might fail next week or last 10 years. How long will the SSD last=
?

Depends on you. For most heavy users, 10 years before you can't write to
it (you'll still be able to read from it).=20

Do you really think you'll care about writing to drive that's 10 years
old? I doubt it.

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