eetaylog Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I was wondering the other day (after my boot disk died a horrible death) what the future technology for hard drives/storage might be? ive had way too many discs die on me over the years, and its such a pain in the ass having to recover/re-copy data every time it happens, especially with media where HD films can be anything from 20Gb these days. sure, theres ways to make data recovery a lot more hassle free such as redundancy in RAID arrays, but youve still got the cost of having to buy new discs all the time. surely there must be a more robust (possibly solid state) technology around the corner that can combine the data transfers speeds of sata, with the compactness/robustness of, say, an SD card? thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchkev Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 technology has come a long way since the 90's, look at servers for instance, there small compared to what they used to be, and the Sd cards are smaller than normal if memory serves me correctly you can get a 16 and 32 gig M2 card now - but transfare rate is limited to 100kb/s so its getting there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithyandco Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 SSDs (Solid State Drives) are already here in IDE and Sata forms...They are mega expensive compared to their mechanical counterparts. Their reliability is somewhat questionable as well... As with most solid state memory... The cheaper ones aren't designed for speed... just designed to be more durable in portable devices such as Laptops.The so called HDD killers which do provide some better speeds in areas (and much slower speeds in other areas) are the expesive ones... Expect to pay at least £100 for a SSD with the same capacity as a £20 HDD. Example: SSDs on Misco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoo2000 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 You can already buy SSD drives... at the moment they are quite pricey, and small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey650 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 yeah we've got a couple of laptops here at my work with Sold state drives. 80Gb and cost an extra £300 if i remember correctly. They're quite quick just not worth the money for most people yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted May 5, 2009 Author Share Posted May 5, 2009 if memory serves me correctly you can get a 16 and 32 gig M2 card now - but transfare rate is limited to 100kb/s so its getting there! yeah ive got a 16Gb SD card, but like you say its pretty limited in its transfer speeds. i just treat it as a massive usb stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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