SSD Performance Over Time

[Mark Booth]

you know so much - yet you opted for the OCZ SSD? (with samsung chips) ? hmm ok.

with the OCZs, you arent guaranteed which model of firmware you will get, one might support GC, one might not.

SSD - no thanks. not for me (yet). they need to fix the flaws in it first.

Dude, you need to check the attitude and the facts. The OCZ Vertex I purchased way back in early 2009 uses MLC. I've updated the firmware on it four times and did it myself, right here at home. OCZ has been very consistent with releasing updated firmware.

You also need to check the benchmarks:

http://www.barefeats.com/mbpp19.html

That OCZ Vertex results listed in RobART's article are from my personal MBP Core i7 and SSD. I ran the tests for him a couple of days ago. My year-old OCZ Vertex was faster than Apple's SSD and faster than the Crucial M225.

Flaws? What flaws? Dude, you are still living in April 2009. A whole lot has changed in the last year.

Mark

 

[Mark Booth]

like all SSDs installed in macs, they will have degradation in performance (over time).

That USED to be true. As I've pointed out, my year-old OCZ Vertex (which has had THOUSANDS of 20-25MB files written to it, deleted, and more written to it again and again) tests at the same speed today as it did when it was brand new. And no TRIM was necessary. Garbage Collection took care of it with no need for support in the OS.

Did you even bother to read the article I linked in my message on the first page?

http://hothardware.com/News/OCZ-and-Indilinx-Collaborate-On-New-SSD-Garbage-Collection-Scheme/

They tested GC and proved that it is very effective in eliminating slowdown over time.

CHOOSE YOUR SSD WISELY!

Mark