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NAP2614
Master Cruncher Joined: Mar 27, 2007 Post Count: 2546 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Greetings,
----------------------------------------Looking into SSD purchase, Samsung, Sandisc, Crutial, Is there any one that I should eliminate from this list? Cheers  [Edit 1 times, last edit by NAP2614 at Jan 9, 2017 6:02:08 PM] |
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Former Member
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I have a Samsung 850EVO 250GB in my home computer and love it. I know there has been talk in the past though, some sciences really hit the drives hard with I/O (I can't remember which ones, CEP2 vaguely rings a bell though). I also run platter drives in a RAID1 with all my data on them, and installed BOINC to those. I guess if you are on a laptop you probably only have room for one, so you could always set the read/write values to write to disk less in BOINC preferences.
All the ones you list are name brand, so you should be safe with any of them. I would avoid the smaller (120GB or less) as performance wise they are not quite as fast as the larger ones. Something to do with the amount of chips on the board I think. |
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enels
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You are right about CEP2. It has lots of disk writes that may shorten the life of a SSD. I think all the other projects are ok. Another alternative is to put the BOINC data directory on a USB3 thumb drive.
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NAP2614
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Thank you all.
----------------------------------------If my math is correct, with the amount of disc writes, this one should last 11 years. Drives_________________SAMSUNG 850 EVO M.2 2280 250GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal SSD Single Unit Version MZ-N5E250BW |
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flynryan
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Intel 320 series...they're old but reliable. My 120gb drive has done 175 terabytes of writes with 70% of drive life remaining according to Intel SSD Toolbox. Its been powered on for 65,500 hours or about 7 years running all projects including CEP2.
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fuzzydice555
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All my rigs run on 32GB M.2 SSDs, got them used for 10$ each.
----------------------------------------These are built into some laptops as "booster" drives, but you can use them as a main drive. An ubuntu/win7 installation can fit on them just fine. If you're looking for a daily driver, I suggest Samsung. Fast & reliable.  [Edit 2 times, last edit by fuzzydice555 at Jan 20, 2017 11:30:33 PM] |
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mmonnin
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You are right about CEP2. It has lots of disk writes that may shorten the life of a SSD. I think all the other projects are ok. Another alternative is to put the BOINC data directory on a USB3 thumb drive. USB drives still uses NAND. And often lower quality NAND with a controller with less error correction and wear leveling algorithms.  |
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enels
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My point about USB drives was they are inexpensive and easier to replace than an OS disk. I only have anecdotal evidence that CEP2 may shorten the life of a SSD. And that is running more than the default of 1 task at a time. But with modern SSDs it may not be an issue running multiple CEP2 tasks.
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kffitzgerald
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Recently I purchased a Toshiba-TR150 - this was based on the number of reviews on Amazon, the high ratings and the cost. Added it to my Asus K501 which had a 2nd internal ssd connection available... the whole machines now screams...
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MrHasselblad
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Checked directly with the manufacturer on this one; and also based upon personal experience...
Given that platter drives have physical moving parts; they are more apt to fail considerably sooner that most any ssd. The good thing about platter drives is that typically they do not fail over the entire content. When a platter fails, most or all of it is recoverable. When an ssd fails typically the entire contents are gone. Any type of usb drive would still be the most cost effective option. If a usb thumb drive fails simply throw it away and be out a few dollars. |
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