THE VIDEO SHELF · ssd raid performance
Samsung SSD Awesomeness
A Samsung-backed viral demo that builds a fast computer from 24 256GB MLC SSDs in a RAID 0 array and shows the throughput results.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN passed it around in 2009 as a funny, impressive demo of SSD speed despite its marketing origin.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- ssdawesome
- Topic
- ssd raid performance
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2009–2011
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
Samsung has a funny and impressive "viral" ad video showing 24 SSD drives in a RAID array. Sign me up for one of these: [VIDEO]
snprbob86 on Hacker News · 2009-03
In Samsung: Solid state will match hard drive priceGood times... Also in the same light: Samsung SSD Raid (while we are at the RAID topic) [VIDEO] (it's a Samsung backed video, but still awesome)
dryicerx on Hacker News · 2009-05
In USB Floppy Disk Drive RAIDCan a single post make you smarter? This was an awesome description of why log file systems match with SSD (as long as TRIM is part of the picture). It also covers how flash based memories work in practice (small reads, but block writes). Very …
messel on Hacker News · 2009-10
In Log-structured file systems: There's one in every SSD
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