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From: L3DT_users_group@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:L3DT_users_group@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Oshyan Greene
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 4:32 PM
To: L3DT_users_group@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [L3DT users' group] SDK progress report


>It was fairly long ago that we passed the
>point where the data transfer capability of the interface surpassed the
HD's
>ability to serve said data. Faster drives (RPM) tend to be noisier however,
>and there is a limit to how dense we can make them. So when will we see a
>truly "next generation" storage technology? Optical disk certainly isn't
>it...



I've been saying this for several years now. Being half electronic, half
mechanical, and depending on magnetic media, hard drives are the least
reliable piece (except fans) in a computer. Yet it is the only device that a
simple swap cannot instantly restore the system to its state before the
failure. At best you have to restore a backup (time consuming) or at worst,
you've lost everything.

They're faster today, and exponentially larger capacity, but the technology
of a drive today is little different than one made 20 years ago. Why haven't
they developed something solid state yet? (Rhetorical question, I know,
flash ram is expensive, etc.)

That's all for my somewhat off topic rant.



Michael





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