Music Server- SSD drives

What is important about having SSD drives in a music server? Just the speed?

luc11-22-2011 3:58am

pettyofficer Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 462 posts 11-22-2011 at 07:23pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Asking for some Rumor Control! Rumor: SSD's burn out sooner due to their faster running rate. Any truth to this? I read it somewhere, don't know if it is true or not! Just asking.
bpwalsh Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,207 posts 11-22-2011 at 08:19pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The touchscreen server here has an SSD of moderate size for the OS and music server software, with music stored externally. It can be a great way to go. Achieving top notch performance is an entirely different matter.
bside Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1 posts 11-23-2011 at 01:07am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete PettyOfficer - an SSD does not "run" in the conventional hard drive sense; it has no moving parts. I haven't heard of the faster read/access speeds being linked to failure. They do alow for less writes as mentioned, meaning repeated Move, Copy, Save, Delete can cause failure sooner than a typical spinning platter HDD. With current price and size limitations they are best used for operating system and application drive only. My collection is also about 2 titles per 1GB at 16-44.1 res FLAC. I run an old laptop with 250GB HDD to fit that - reliable SSD that size would cost more than the laptop :-)