<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">

For those interested in SSDs, this a good article on the design and</blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><blockquote>current issues:</blockquote>

<blockquote><a href="http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7590/1/" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#114170">http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7590/1/</font></a></blockquote><blockquote><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#114170"><a href="http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7590/2/" target="_blank">http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7590/2/</a></font></blockquote>

<blockquote>Various comments from Ted Ts&#39;o regarding performance, journaling,</blockquote><blockquote>alignment, etc:</blockquote><blockquote><a href="http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/category/computers/ssd/" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#114170">http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/category/computers/ssd/</font></a></blockquote>

<font color="#888888"><blockquote><br></blockquote><blockquote>David</blockquote></font></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Here are other great links for those interested in the more technical reasons why/how ssds work, the issues they have and why:<div>

<br></div><div><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3531&amp;p=1">http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3531&amp;p=1</a></div><div><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3631">http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3631</a></div>

<div><br></div><div>They are a little old, but they explains the fundamental problems.  <br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><br>

</span></span></font></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div>I also agree with Nate said.  Once prices fall to into my budget range, I will be buying one to replace my current platter despite the problems. The platter is yesterdays tech.</div>

<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mike Irons</div><div><br></div></span></div></div>