Wednesday, July 7th 2010

Buffalo Intros 256 GB IDE Solid State Drive

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Buffalo Technology released a new 2.5" IDE Solid State Drive (SSD) for notebooks that still use the disk interface. The company's SHD-NHPU2 SSD come in capacities of 256 GB, and make use of MLC NAND flash chips. The drives have also feature USB 2.0 interface that lets you access it as a USB mass storage device. In the ATA mode (when connected by IDE), the drive provides transfer rates of 101 MB/s, and is aided by 64 MB of cache. If you're thinking of buying one, keep US $1220 ready.
Source: TechConnect Magazine

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46 Comments on Buffalo Intros 256 GB IDE Solid State Drive

#26
GSG-9
Atom_AntiThe only cons is the price, I did not say 1200USD is ok for it. Hopefully an other brand going to bring cheaper PATA SSD with 133MB/sec read and writing speed.
As said above it would not matter. a reasonable price is $700. If you buy an Ide drive for $700 your not a very savvy spender. Buy a i5 for $600 and a boot SSD for $70. You just killed any performance that drive could offer.


The only purpose this drive has is industrial/commercial for companies that have invested to much into their hardware to upgrade...and if thats the case at this point they should not be buying super IDE drives to try to save their aging hardware.
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#27
happita
Maybe the reason they felt the need to bring this out is because notebooks are taking a little longer to switch over to SATA interface? And that the ribbon-wire on the PATA makes it easier to fit in a notebook? I don't know. Otherwise I, just as the majority see this as useless.
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#28
VIPER
It is not stupid at all. There are some military grade laptops out there with IDE interface. Or industrial computers. Or medical equipment that use IDE HDD. a.s.o. Why everybody is seeing only the price and the IDE interface and not the real market for this HDD? Why everybody is thinking just for themselves? "I would never buy something like this, is stupid, useless and has a huge price"...
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#29
TheLaughingMan
Atom_AntiThere is no 7200RPMs laptop HDD with PATA interface:ohwell:. Computer Hardware,Hard Drives,Laptop Hard Drives,A...
You are right, because IDE is a dying interface. If your laptop is old enough to be running PATA or mini PATA or any other variation of it, then it is too damn old to put a $1200 piece of hardware in it. I was talking about newer 7200 RPM SATA drives in a decent $900 laptop you can buy right now.
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#30
pr0n Inspector
VIPERIt is not stupid at all. There are some military grade laptops out there with IDE interface. Or industrial computers. Or medical equipment that use IDE HDD. a.s.o. Why everybody is seeing only the price and the IDE interface and not the real market for this HDD? Why everybody is thinking just for themselves? "I would never buy something like this, is stupid, useless and has a huge price"...
It is stupid. very stupid. none of the equipments you mentioned have pressing needs for a massive upgrade like switching to SSD.
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#31
DrPepper
The Doctor is in the house
pr0n InspectorIt is stupid. very stupid. none of the equipments you mentioned have pressing needs for a massive upgrade like switching to SSD.
The only reason to get an SSD like this isn't for transfer speeds its for its random write and read capabilities which make SSD's so snappy.
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#32
GSG-9
VIPERIt is not stupid at all. There are some military grade laptops out there with IDE interface. Or industrial computers. Or medical equipment that use IDE HDD. a.s.o. Why everybody is seeing only the price and the IDE interface and not the real market for this HDD? Why everybody is thinking just for themselves? "I would never buy something like this, is stupid, useless and has a huge price"...
No, it has been stated above many times that that kind of hardware will not really benefit from the ssd. $700 for this is not a justifiable purchase unless the company cannot upgrade their hardware because of some migration issues; if thats the case its still barely justifiable.

If Buffalo sold it for less than $799 that they would go out of business.
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#33
Yukikaze
DrPepperThe only reason to get an SSD like this isn't for transfer speeds its for its random write and read capabilities which make SSD's so snappy.
Actually, in military equipment it also has the benefit of being practically shock-proof.
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#34
GSG-9
YukikazeActually, in military equipment it also has the benefit of being practically shock-proof.
Thats very true.
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#35
pr0n Inspector
DrPepperThe only reason to get an SSD like this isn't for transfer speeds its for its random write and read capabilities which make SSD's so snappy.
And why do slow, old computers need blazing fast storage again?
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#36
Deleted member 3
Atom_AntiThat is an old crap with average reading speed 36MB/sec.
www.notebookcheck.net/uploads/tx_templavoila/hdtune_dd5785_03.jpg
www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Alienware-S-4-m5550-Notebook.2701.0.html
That doesn't make your claim less wrong though.
Atom_AntiThis is exactly why not pointless and stupid an SSD PATA with 100MB/sec. Because it is just double speed than the fastest laptop PATA HDD:rolleyes:.
Given the performance increase is significant I would have to agree with the fact that you can buy a new laptop with SSD for the same price. I'm guessing this is aimed at some niche professional market.
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#37
pr0n Inspector
YukikazeActually, in military equipment it also has the benefit of being practically shock-proof.
then all these years of spinning disks must've been a nightmare for militaries around the globe......wait, they've got shock-resistant HDDs!
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#38
GSG-9
pr0n Inspectorthen all these years of spinning disks must've been a nightmare for militaries around the globe......wait, they've got shock-resistant HDDs!
They are not great though, HP's resistant HDDs take like 5Gs I think it is? Idk, what a SSD can take.
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#39
Deleted member 3
GSG-9They are not great though, HP's resistant HDDs take like 5Gs I think it is? Idk, what a SSD can take.
The one I currently have in my hands says 1500G, 0.5ms.
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#40
TheLaughingMan
Ok, I have to give it shock resistant. You drop a laptop from a decent height of a whole 5 feet, the HDD has a very small chance of survival. I have literally seen a guy hit an SSD with a bat, it flew about 10 meters and landed in mug. They connected it to a laptop on the spot via a cable from the HD port (it was too bent up to fit in on its on) and it still worked just fine.
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#41
pr0n Inspector
TheLaughingManOk, I have to give it shock resistant. You drop a laptop from a decent height of a whole 5 feet, the HDD has a very small chance of survival. I have literally seen a guy hit an SSD with a bat, it flew about 10 meters and landed in mug. They connected it to a laptop on the spot via a cable from the HD port (it was too bent up to fit in on its on) and it still worked just fine.
one word: Toughbook.
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#42
TheLaughingMan
pr0n Inspectorone word: Toughbook.
Already sold with SSD's for at least a year. And will never be using this product for their toughbooks.
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#43
pr0n Inspector
TheLaughingManAlready sold with SSD's for at least a year. And will never be using this product for their toughbooks.
I meant that Toughbooks used and still use HDDs and they were mounted in a way that can survived drops.
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#44
TheLaughingMan
pr0n InspectorI meant that Toughbooks used and still use HDDs and they were mounted in a way that can survived drops.
Ok, as a replacement for older Toughbooks, this maybe something to consider since a new one is what...$4000?

So we have 1 small market area for this item as far as I am concerned.
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#45
Steevo
I have a Toshiba Tecra that I use, the Insite software requires a hardware key that is serial number matched to my laptop and REQUIRES the parallel port on it to work. I have been waiting for a 128Gb SSD to replace my aging 60GB HDD in IDE.

If this drops in price it will be mine.
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#46
pr0n Inspector
TheLaughingManOk, as a replacement for older Toughbooks, this maybe something to consider since a new one is what...$4000?

So we have 1 small market area for this item as far as I am concerned.
Actually I was more focused on the "5 feet, the HDD has a very small chance of survival" part. Toughbooks can survive 6' drops.
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