AnandTech Gives the Skinny On Recent SSD Offerings

omnilynx writes "With capacity on the rise and prices falling, solid state drives are finally starting to compete with traditional hard drives. However, there are still several issues to take into account when moving to an SSD, not to mention choosing between a widening array of offerings. Anand Lal Shimpi of AnandTech does a better job than anyone could expect detailing those issues (especially those related to performance) and reviewing the new offerings in the SSD arena. Intel's X25 series comes out on top for sheer speed, but OCZ makes a surprise turnaround with its Vertex drive giving perhaps the best value."

Flash-oriented file systems.

[argent]

The real solution is going to be when the OS (which knows what that data really means, which is file and which is metadata and which is cache and backing store) and not the flash controller does all the wear leveling and block erasing, bypassing the flash controller as much as possible. Which is going to require new APIs and interfaces.

Anand rocks

[pak9rabid]

Anand rocks. This article is very informative and easy to read, not to mention unbiased. Anand is known for his lack of personal bias in his reviews. Highly recommend you give it a good read.

Re:Flash-oriented file systems.

[ruiner13]

I personally want my OS involved with the actual writing of the data as little as possible. It has less chance of messing with it. Hand it off to the hardware with as little tampering as possible.