On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 20:16:58 +0300 Selim T. Erdoğan <selim@alumni.cs.utexas.edu> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 02:40:31PM +0200, Petter Adsen wrote: > > I know this isn't Debian-specific, but I hope someone can give me > > some useful information here anyway, or point me to a better place > > to ask. > > > > My SSD is dead, and I need a new one. Samsung seems to be a > > generally recommended brand, but according to > > > > https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/e64f638483a21105c7ce330d543fa1f1c35b5bc7/drivers/ata/libata-core.c#L4109-L4286 > > > > the 850 EVO does not support queued TRIM. Is that a problem for > > everyday desktop use? > > > > The place I buy from has quite a limited amount of SSDs that fit > > what I need, the only alternatives they have are a Kingston (that I > > don't want) and a Crucial BX100 (that I know nothing about). Would > > the Crucial drive be a better choice for a Jessie install? > > > > If anyone has any real-life experience with either of those drives > > I'd be happy to hear about it. > > I think you're only asking about the Samsung and the Crucial, but > since you mentioned Kingston, let me note my experience. I have been > using a 128GB Kinsgston SV200 S3 for ~2.5 years. Performance is > satisfactory: hdparm -t /dev/sda gives me ~215 MB/s. (The laptop > only has SATA-II.) My major complaint is that it gets pretty warm, > and it is right under the palmrest, so using the laptop keyboard can > get a little uncomfortable. (Not a killer for me, since I usually use > a usb keyboard.) Yes, well, my experience has been a bit different. I bought one 120GB Kingston V300 in October/November and one in December, and by now they have both died. Completely. They're not even detected by the BIOS. Thank $DEITY for frequent backups. I'll be ordering a new SSD today, and I think it will be the Samsung 850 EVO. The price difference between that and the Crucial is nearly non-existent here, and it seems to have better overall performance in the tests I have seen. Thanks to all those who have replied, I now know a little more about SSDs. :) Petter -- "I'm ionized" "Are you sure?" "I'm positive."
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