Hard drives obsolete?

[heni30]

My friend just ordered a Samsung 1T SSD for his Mac for $600. Will hard drives go the route of CRT monitors? Do SSDs have any cons?

 

They do eventually fail determined by read/write activity but so do hard drives. I wonder if failure is gradual or all at once. Also, if there is a failure can data be retrieved?

Edited November 8, 2014 by heni30

[the.doctor]

Depending from model of ssd, but almost every modern ssd has Trim option which is supported from windows 7 and up, for minimazing progresive "damage" of ssds. It means that software writes bytes on almost every memory cell and trying to expand lifetime of disk. This is not so great solution when comes to data rescue. Ssd in general are very sensitive when comes to recovering files and percent of recovery is less than with ordinary hdd.

 

Is this mean that you should avoid ssd?

 

Absolutely Not! Maybe to get smaller and cheaper version with 500gb (my case) and get regular hdd optimized for network access (WD Red) with 2-6 Tb. Ssd should be used for system and common used applications...

[RyderSK]

My friend just ordered a Samsung 1T SSD

 

 

I have bunch of them too now and use them purely almost, not just for WS (system and programs) but also Assets and everything else, and it's the next best thing ( I regret buying evo but not point right now). It's both better and safer choice for almost everything, but still pricey. They're slowly migrating from workstations into server and enteprise:

 

http://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/anton-shilov/samsung-begins-to-mass-produce-3-2tb-nvme-pcee-ssds-featuring-3d-v-nand/

 

 

 

I don't think they're replacing HDDs anytime soon, I think they will live parallel lives each moving slightly into other direction. HDDs are now getting massive (8+ TB ) storage capacities which SSDs are still nowhere near to.

 

Cons ? With current generation SSDs, technically none. Like none of the regurgitated "lifespan" and "safety" nonsense. Just the capacity, and cost.

[numerobis]

Have you seen the Evo firmware upgrade? (Samsung SSD 840 EVO Performance Restoration Software)

 

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/global/html/support/downloads.html

[RyderSK]

Have you seen the Evo firmware upgrade? (Samsung SSD 840 EVO Performance Restoration Software)

 

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/global/html/support/downloads.html

 

I have it downloaded, just need the courage to go through :- D The issue is my fileserver is on WindowsServer2012, not regular Windows, and it's not in supported OSs. Of course, WS2012 is technically Windows8, but still..any issue and I am deep in work right now. But yes, I will have to do this :- )

[numerobis]

I have done it several times (7-8) without any problems (Win 7). The conversion takes some time depending on the amount of data.

Not sure about Server 2012. I think the installer should know if the program is compatible - but i don't know. If you do a google search, there are some people saying that they have done it.

[Dimitris Tolios]

Worst case scenario, you should be able to take out the drive, mount it in one of your Win 7/8 machines and run the program. I don't think it is making any changes the OS needs to be aware of, just re-organizes itself based on the new firmware (step one of the restoration process).

[RyderSK]

Worst case scenario, you should be able to take out the drive, mount it in one of your Win 7/8 machines and run the program. I don't think it is making any changes the OS needs to be aware of, just re-organizes itself based on the new firmware (step one of the restoration process).

 

I know, it's more to do with my over-cautious nature, just not happy in general I have to do this :- ). Will do back-up and go through once I finish current project.

 

{what I was afraid was possibility the Server Win would block the firmware installation part that happens after restart due to more restrictive nature, and possibility of leaving me in between and possible issue. And I was lazy to move the disks into workstation}

Edited November 9, 2014 by RyderSK