[conspire] (forw) [Felton LUG] TLC NAND SSDs: The crippling problem storage makers don't advertise

[Rick Moen]

tl;dr:  Beware of dramatically slower sustained-write speeds (like,
80MBps vs.  400MBps) on SSDs based primarily on TLC (triple-level cell)
NAND flash memory, as opposed to MLC (multi-level cell/two-bit) NAND or 
SLC (single-level cell/one-bit) NAND flash.  And you don't even save
significant money.  E.g., the Crucial BX200, based on TLC flash with
this crippling performance problem, is priced at $300, while Crucial's 
comparable MLC-based model MX200 is only $20 more.

This is one of those many cases where product quality deteriorates
because too many customers have no idea what to look for, hence buy
cheap and drive overall quality down.
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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 07:01:41 -0800
From: Robert Lewis <bob.l.lewis at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Felton LUG] TLC NAND SSDs: The crippling problem storage makers
	don't advertise

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2998497/storage/tlc-nand-ssds-the-crippling-problem-storage-makers-dont-advertise.html

Bob

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