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I read that article

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In Reply to: RE: SSD Drives posted by Mercman on November 06, 2009 at 13:22:41

...and I take issue with the author's comment about using faster 7200 rpm drives vs 5400 rpm. As I've stated many times in the past, a music server does not require a "high performance" or "fast" disk drive. 5400 rpm 2.5" disks are plenty fast enough but more importantly, they are noticeably quieter than the higher performing 7200 rpm disks.

That being said, his comment about not using SSD for the OS has -some- validity but not much. First, SSD are constructed with "extra" memory beyond what the manufacture states as the usable capacity. That along with write leveling algorithms makes SSD pretty reliable. Just ask all those notebook and netbook PC makers that use SSD as the OS disk. Same for Apple with their laptops. I think we're splitting hairs here.

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