[mythtv-users] An SSD for Backend OS / Database Drives?

[Brian Long]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 16 March 2012 09:29, Mark Lord <mythtv at rtr.ca> wrote:
>
> > And I specifically recommend any OCZ-branded SSD based on the Sandforce
> controller chips,
> > because OCZ has a very good (and simple) firmware-updater for use on
> Linux systems.
>
> Funny, *most* of the early failure reports I have been reading of late
> are OCZ drive...
>

Yes, OCZ has put a funny taste in many people's mouths because of their
drawn-out Windows BSOD issues on their newer Sandforce drives.  I've stuck
with Crucial C300 and M4 SSD's which I believe use a Marvell controller and
they've been great.  The M4 recently had a firmware update which I applied
even though I was not affected by the issue they explained in the release
notes.

I've dealt with one OCZ Vertex 3 on my Dad's laptop and it worked fine with
Windows 7, but when I bought it I knew about the BSOD issue and immediately
applied their latest firmware (last Aug/Sept).

/Brian/
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