What would that SMART attributes be?
I updated the firmware on my X25-M twice and I didn't see any of the SMART values I was checking (media wearout, host writes, power-on hours) being reset.
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- Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:57 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Is it possible to check the "usage" on an Intel SSD?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5525
- Sun May 01, 2011 1:07 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Single Platter 500GB 2.5" Hard Drive?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14636
Re: Single Platter 500GB 2.5" Hard Drive?
Hitachi announced a 500 GB/platter drive for quiet some time. It's on their website with datasheet and everything but I haven't found it in retail yet.
http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib. ... 500_ds.pdf
http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib. ... 500_ds.pdf
- Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:44 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: SSD Endurance - My Personal Surprise
- Replies: 35
- Views: 19395
Re: SSD Endurance - My Personal Surprise
1. All things equal will a 120G SSD with 30G of data on it have 2x or 3x the number of writes than a 60G SSD with 30G of data on it? 2. Does wear leveling mean that even untouched files are moved around? 3. If an SSD uses its extra space for wear leveling, why does it help to convert some of that s...
- Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:18 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Is it possible to check the "usage" on an Intel SSD?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5525
Re: Is it possible to check the "usage" on an Intel SSD?
Yes.ces wrote:Does the Toolbox run as a normal application that you launch after Windows is up and running?CTT wrote:Have a look at the Host Writes attribute in Intel's SSD Toolbox
- Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:11 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: SSD Endurance - My Personal Surprise
- Replies: 35
- Views: 19395
Re: SSD Endurance - My Personal Surprise
SSDs are indeed somewhat hindered by the limited erase cycles, but this shouldn't be a problem under normal (i.e. non-server) usage if: a) You don't write significant amounts of unnecessary data. b) Give it a bit of breathing space. To address these two issues (that for me seemed the most important ...
- Sun Apr 10, 2011 1:50 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Is it possible to check the "usage" on an Intel SSD?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5525
Re: Is it possible to check the "usage" on an Intel SSD?
Yes, it's possible to check the amount of written data. Have a look at the Host Writes attribute in Intel's SSD Toolbox (Check SMART Attributes menu).
- Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:50 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel® Solid-State Drive 320 Series
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13699
Re: Intel® Solid-State Drive 320 Series
The sample in the review is the smallest version (80GB); they'll be available in sizes up to 600GB.
Higher capacity will bring higher speeds (at least for sequential writes).
Higher capacity will bring higher speeds (at least for sequential writes).
- Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:38 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel® Solid-State Drive 320 Series
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13699
Re: Intel® Solid-State Drive 320 Series
EXPreview review has showed up:
http://en.expreview.com/2011/03/23/worl ... 15569.html
http://en.expreview.com/2011/03/23/worl ... 15569.html
- Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:35 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: What Causes "snappiness" in Performance
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7937
Re: What Causes "snappiness" in Performance
As far as I can tell (from personal experience) all trivial tasks are I/O-bound on modern PCs. CPUs (and motherboards) aren't really a factor and eye-candy (if you're into that sort of things) it's handled with relative ease even by integrated graphics. My Athlon X2 (underclocked to) 1 GHz and Athlo...
- Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:46 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Which material would transfer heat but not vibration?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4409
Re: Which material would transfer heat but not vibration?
I think the document people are referring to is this one: http://www.google.de/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fresearch.google.com%2Farchive%2Fdisk_failures.pdf&ei=j-FkTenoDoGfOoWBsfYF&usg=AFQjCNGdAu5mMDlzXvPg0CSZPH6HavPX3g I'm not terribly concerned about high temperatures e...
- Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:28 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Moving a 4k sector drive from XP to 7
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3410
Re: Moving a 4k sector drive from XP to 7
1. No, the drive doesn't come prepartitioned. You will have to create a partition with a third party software tool or let Windows setup do it for you. 2. Yes, kind of. WD Align will move this partition, but the alignment is not "to Windows XP" but to the internal sectors of the drive. Once you have ...
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:53 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Moving a 4k sector drive from XP to 7
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3410
Re: Moving a 4k sector drive from XP to 7
"Doing the partition align with WD Tool" is the same thing that Windows Vista/7 do on a new (i.e. unpartitioned) drive, so there should be no problem when moving to 7. If you go the jumper way Windows 7 will actually misalign the partition if you try to repartition the drive with it. If you keep you...
- Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:33 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: 2010 SSD pricing (for drives >= barefoot controller perf)
- Replies: 114
- Views: 55718
- Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:00 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: SandForce-based SSDs join the entry-level bunch
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2492
Just for the record (if anybody else was wondering), the F40 uses 12 NAND ICs, hence 6 channels (48GB total with 22% of that for over-provisioning).
http://www.storagereview.com/corsair_fo ... eview_40gb
http://www.storagereview.com/corsair_fo ... eview_40gb
- Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:07 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: SandForce-based SSDs join the entry-level bunch
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2492
SandForce-based SSDs join the entry-level bunch
Corsair announced new SandForce-based SSDs, including a 40GB model: http://www.techpowerup.com/127001/Corsair_Announces_Additions_to_its_Force_Series_Family_of_Solid-State_Drives.html http://www.cdrlabs.com/News/corsair-announces-40gb-80gb-and-160gb-force-series-ssds.html I was wondering if SandForc...
- Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:51 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Do SATA drives need 3.3V?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5267
Back in the days the molex connector was introduced, 5V for integrated circuits was standard so they could run directly on the 5V line while the motors used the 12V. Nowadays 3.3V is more common (that's why SATA added it to the power connector), but I wouldn't be surprised if HDD/ODD controllers sti...
- Tue Jul 20, 2010 4:01 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Do SATA drives need 3.3V?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5267
- Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:17 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Are there still bios undervolt motherboards?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6251
- Sat Apr 17, 2010 1:03 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: 1TB most silent drive?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 20310
Note: 4th has same density as 3rd. I just made it a separate generation in that list because it has a drastically different logical structure: 4096 byte sectors instead of 512 byte which is used by EVERY other HDD on the market. Not compatible with Windows XP and older. That last sentence it's a bi...
- Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:26 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Looking for low-power 2.5" HD, 320+ GB
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2229
If you want to avoid using multiple ports or external power supplies, I would start looking for a drive that has a cable with a single USB connector; it will probably still push a bit the USB specs (at startup) but you'll have a better chance it won't be by much. I would suggest getting an external ...
- Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:07 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Looking for quiet, low power, single platter desktop HDD
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4871
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:24 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Looking for quiet, low power, single platter desktop HDD
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4871
I have a 500GB F2 EcoGreen (single platter) and indeed it is very quiet (the quietest drive I've ever had, actually). Unfortunately the seeks are pretty noisy, especially considering how quiet the drive is, and changing the AAM setting doesn't help that much either. I also have two WD Caviar Green d...
- Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:22 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: My experience with a new WD1500HLFS
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4090
Usually the number of platters does influence noise and heat/power (not just in theory, also in practice), and I would expect it to be even more so with high RPM drives.
It seems WD's next generation Raptor is in development:
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=17194
It seems WD's next generation Raptor is in development:
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=17194
- Sun Dec 27, 2009 5:55 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: AMD 905e - anyone using it?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8903
- Fri Dec 25, 2009 2:38 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: greater than 2 Tb 3.5"?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4442
We can only speculate about the release of higher than 2 TB HDDs as there are none announced at this moment (as far as I know). Technically, I think it might be possible to build one now with 5x500GB platters; however, it seems manufacturers will break the limit with higher density platters: http://...
- Wed Dec 23, 2009 2:20 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: SDHC raid
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10677
I had a try at using a CF card (supposedly SLC) with an IDE adapter as a makeshift SSD for the OS (WinXP). It didn't really work. I tried aligning the partition, removing the swap file and all sorts of tricks but in the end it was still stuttering (and yes, it was working in DMA mode - some adapters...
- Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:17 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Micron C200 and C300 SSDs with Marvell controller
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2858
The cache is "only" 256 MB (2 Gb), not 2 GB - see last paragraph here: http://www.dailytech.com/UPDATED+Micron+Announces+Worlds+First+Native+6Gbps+SATA+Solid+State+Drive/article17007.htm They have some benchmarks in the video below, not complete (only synthetic & sequential, no random 4K) but a star...
- Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:17 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: TRIM is released...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 19405
You don't "have" to run SSD Optimizer, but it improves performance in the short run. Imagine the situation where you have written two 40 GB files before the TRIM firmware update (just for the sake of argument, I'm not considering here the real user capacity of the drive or file system overhead). At ...
- Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:26 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: TRIM is released...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 19405
I think Intel is a bit confusing about this, so here's how I see it (I sure hope I'm not confusing anybody more than I need to :D): TRIM is a command sent to the SSD drive by software; this software can be the OS or an application. The command specifies what sectors are free from the "software" (fil...
- Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:29 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: 2.5" vs 3.5" HDD.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9467
I have a 500 GB WD My Passport (external) which supposedly has a WD5000BEVT inside and I find it to be noticeably louder than Samsung F2 EcoGreen 500 GB and WD Caviar Green 1TB (2 platters); vibration wise it's even worse (although its lower mass means it shouldn't be that hard to dampen). Comparis...