Hard Drive Types?

[oz]

Hey, guys... just wondering what types of hard drives all of you are using with your systems these days?

Note that I've created the poll with the multiple choice option so you can vote for any or all of the options.

Thanks!


As for me, I've been using SATA only for the last year or two, but I would like to check out some solid state options when the prices come down a bit more.

[MikeTbob]

I'm using IDE only until I get some funds for an upgrade to SATA, slowly but surely I'm getting there.

[elija]

Mostly SATA but my eeepc is solid state. Can't afford the big solid state drives though

[rokytnji]

I had to vote for most of em because I have Linux on IDE,SATA, SSD, SDHC, USB FLASH, and even a 8 gig seagate micro drive with a CF to IDE adapter.

[bigtomrodney]

I use SATA on my main PC, it's SATA on my laptop too. My netbook is SSD though quite a rudimentary form...none of the high performance stuff you hear about!

I wanted to vote SCSI as I have a big iron server too with lots of disks but to be fair it hasn't been booted in over a year.

[Hal343]

I don't have SSD, but have all the rest on different systems.

[D-cat]

There's a couple slight flaws in the poll options.
1, SATA thechnically is IDE as it adheres to the ATAPI standard, just using serial transfer instead of parallel. That's why IDE in its classical sense sense has been renamed PATA.
2, SSDs often also are set up with an ATA interface for compatibility, so it in some sense is redundant.

The fact that (P/S)ATA and SCSI refer to the interface and Magnetic Media vs. SSD refers to the storage hardware means to make this poll mean something beyond curiosity it would almost have to be split in two. Providing people only check one box per drive, this poll does at least give some sort relevence. I am interested in the results.

BTW for me, it's 2 PATA (IDE) and 1 SATA. I also have a classic Zip drive in here that hasn't been used in a couple years.

[oz]

Earlier today, I was considering moving to a solid state drive because the mechanical drive that I'm using now has started making noises that might spell trouble ahead. However, after doing some research I'm finding them to still be terribly expensive considering the volume size and the slow write speeds on many of the various models available. In fact, they seem to be overly expensive even when on sale.

Unfortunately, it looks like it's going to have to be yet another mechanical drive, at least this time around.

[HROAdmin26]

No SAS option?

Yes - this poll mixes up drive storage tech (spindle/solid-state) vs. data bus (PATA/SATA/SCSI.)

SATA is not just IDE in a serial form. SATA implements several features that were previously only part of the SCSI feature set (hotplug, NCQ, etc.) This is why SATA performance is substantially better than previous IDE/ATA drives.

[a12ctic]

I have a 500GB Samsung F3 drive right now. My next upgrade will be moving my OS/applications to a SSD and keeping my /home on this drive.