Patriot Torch: Trying A $30 SSD On Linux

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Patriot Torch: Trying A $30 SSD On Linux

Recently I ran out of spare SSDs and needed one for one of my test systems where the I/O storage capacity or performance wasn't important, so I decided to try out the Patriot Torch 60GB SSD that can be had for about $33 USD...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Patriot-Torch-33-SSD

[carewolf]

Seems a bit expensive per GB really

[cb88]

Sandisk Plus is only 44$ for 120Gb...

[Geopirate]

I have a couple of these as well. It's more than enough to put a couple distros on a system, especially if your media is mainly stored on NAS.

[Helios747]

What I'm curious about is how that measures up against a 7200 RPM HDD. Pick some common WD or Seagate drive and test that!

Could be useful metrics for people who are in the town of "I just want literally anything better than an HDD"

[L_A_G]

Seems a bit expensive per GB really

Not when you look at smaller SSDs and consider the basic economics of the things. An SSD needs to have quite a few components regardless of how much space it has, so the manufacturing costs are always going to be "essentials + the actual memory".

[starshipeleven]

What I'm curious about is how that measures up against a 7200 RPM HDD. Pick some common WD or Seagate drive and test that!

Could be useful metrics for people who are in the town of "I just want literally anything better than an HDD"

I would be surprised if it isn't at least on par. Any half-modern SSD is usually better than a HDD, especially on small file transfers.

[pkphilip]

Michael, One request - when you put out the benchmark results, can you put the type of test carried out - example: Random Read, Random Write etc more prominently in the images? For instance, in this article you are displaying this string "Flexible IO Tester v2.1.13" prominently while the actual test - Random Read/Write etc is in such tiny font that one needs to really search for it. FYI, I am using a 1920x1080 display. Suggestion: It may be better to place the name of the test - Random Read/Write etc where you are currently displaying "Flexible IO Tester v2.1.13".

[slalomsk8er]

What is the power drawn for these tests?
I'm wondering because it could be, that I need a new SSD for a laptop, in the next days.

[VikingGe]

Seems a bit expensive per GB really

Sometimes it's just the absolute price that matters. I also have a rather tiny SSD in my home server (30GB or so, an older Sandisk model that was relatively cheap), any more than that would have been a waste of money, even with more GB/$.