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Samsung SSD Awesomeness

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What it is

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 Hacker News recommends it

HN passed it around in 2009 as a funny, impressive demo of SSD speed despite its marketing origin.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2009, last 2011

What HN commenters said

  1. “Samsung has a funny and impressive "viral" ad video showing 24 SSD drives in a RAID array.”

    Funny, impressive viral ad of 24 SSDs in RAID

    snprbob86, 2009-03 · Recommendation · in “Samsung: Solid state will match hard drive price”

  2. “(it's a Samsung backed video, but still awesome)”

    Samsung-backed SSD RAID demo, still awesome

    dryicerx, 2009-05 · Recommendation · in “USB Floppy Disk Drive RAID”

  3. “Great SSD video (the 24 raid 0 setup)”

    24-drive RAID 0 SSD setup demo

    messel, 2009-10 · Recommendation · in “Log-structured file systems: There's one in every SSD”

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Topics: ssd, raid 0, samsung, storage benchmarks, hardware

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