Questions about SSD's

[Carnage]

So i came back to multiboxing last week, and seen all this stuff about SSD's. These are new to me and never heard of them before last week, hence ive ordered one and it will come tomorrow :).

My question is, the specs where ive bought it from say 1.5million hours MTBF (mean time before fail), does this mean 1.5million hours of writing to them? or 1.5million hours the computer turned on? Having done my math(im bad at it) i worked out that i will be dead before it dies, am i wrong?

My next question is, if i put a OS onto the SSD - would that be good? or would it make it die sooner? if so, how long do you reckon a SSD with a OS on it would last? Programs written to a separate harddrive..

Also im hoping it uses the standard SATA cables?

[pengwynman]

So i came back to multiboxing last week, and seen all this stuff about SSD's. These are new to me and never heard of them before last week, hence ive ordered one and it will come tomorrow :).

My question is, the specs where ive bought it from say 1.5million hours MTBF (mean time before fail), does this mean 1.5million hours of writing to them? or 1.5million hours the computer turned on? Having done my math(im bad at it) i worked out that i will be dead before it dies, am i wrong?

My next question is, if i put a OS onto the SSD - would that be good? or would it make it die sooner? if so, how long do you reckon a SSD with a OS on it would last? Programs written to a separate harddrive..

Also im hoping it uses the standard SATA cables?i'm going to freeze you in carbonite so you'll actually probably need to save up for another one in a few hundred years..

from what i understand, SSD's are awesome for read speeds, not so much for writing (compared to regular HDD's). Most people put their OS and most used apps on an SSD and everything else (including swap file) on another HDD. i'm planning on getting 2x 32GB SDD's set up in raid 0 pretty soon if all goes well :P

yeah, standard SATA II for any newer SSD

[Carnage]

the OCZ SSD's V2's have faster write speeds afaik, 98mb/s, not sure how good that is :)

[Noids99]

Yeah 98mb/s is pretty good but there are other issues when using SSDs as your OS drive. If you have 8MB of memory or more and can disable your swapfile, SSDs work fine for your OS. Due to wear levelling algorithms that the controllers use however there are limitations to write speeds and I/O speeds that can cause stuttering in situations where your OS is caching a lot of info (ie. using Outlook). Check the OCZ forums and you will see what I mean. At this stage I would just use your OCZ SSD to store a symlinked data file to limit writing and wait for the new intel SSDs which have much better controllers to use as an OS drive.

[zha]

I found the 32GB OCZ's for $109 after rebate. I would wait for the samsung 250gb that are going to cost under $200 in Q1 next year if you can, but if you want one now I HIGHLY recommend the 32gb OCZ. I have run it with my Vista OS and it runs GREAT, no sound, low power, little heat... perfect. Going to wait for the Samsungs though to upgrade all my PC's and get rid of loud, heat producing, slow seek time drives. SSD is the future.