X-bit labs

Started by: shae | Date 09/21/07

Comments: 5 | Last Comment:  06/17/08

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1. I'd much rather have the caching happen in a standalone Flash which could be upgraded or replaced if needed.

2. Flash memory is costly because it has limited writes and its throughput is low (about a few hundred kilobytes per second). Also HHD are specifically designed to work with Windows Vista, so OS like Linux will not take advantage of it. HHD are a waste even if 4 GB of Flash memory is included. It is best to buy SSD instead buying HDD because they are designed around Flash memory and they have circuity to increase Flash memory throughput. I only know one company that sells very high quality SSD that minimizes all Flash memory problems. The company named Bitmicro has such features and are good enough for servers and aerospace. Sure there is Transcend and some others, but they sell flash memory storage on steroids with out any technology or features to minimize problems.

There are a handful of manufacturers producing "hard drive grade" flash drives in capacities of 16GB to 128G - it's finding them in stock that's the problem :)

3. Jeez...how lame, you completely plagiarized the same article on cnet!

4. I might have to get one of those hard drives. http://crenk.com

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