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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1845021" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Thanks <strong>Randy & Charlie</strong> for the comments of SSDs - looked at the video on 'DRAM-less SSDs' - like Charlie, I've been replacing my aging (and failing) spinner HDs w/ SSDs - now have the 5 shown below (2 SanDisks, 250GB & 500GB; 2 Samsung T5s, 500GB & 1TB; & 1 Akitio bought from OWC last year); ran DriveDx and all have S.M.A.R.T. enabled but no info on the presence or absence of DRAM - send emails earlier and received one response so far from SanDisk that was not helpful, the responder stated that 'Cache' info on their 'retail drives are not published' - HUMPF! Suspect I may get a similar response from Samsung, just guessing at the moment?</p><p></p><p>Today I've been reading up on this topic and SSDs w/ DRAM which are stated to be faster and longer living, but much of the discussion was about internal SSDs as the storage device inside computers, i.e. a LOT of reads/writes/garbage cleaning/etc. Now a non-DRAM SSD used as an external storage device would certainly not see the 'activity' of one in a computer - correct? I'm currently using 4 of those SSDs shown, mainly for weekly BUs of our personal folders/files on our 3 Macs and each is far from filled, so little need for 'garbage collection' at this point.</p><p></p><p>As to cost, these SSDs (mostly depending on size since NAND is the major expense) were from $60 to $150 each - not sure that I want to spend a whole lot more (especially for a guy in retirement not needing critical BUs); of course, spinners would be cheaper but I really have liked the compactness and speed on these 'presumably non-DRAM' SSDs - NOW, just thinking out loud over this issue - comments are appreciated. Thanks - Dave</p><p></p><p>ADDENDUM: Just heard from Samsung about my T5s - as w/ SanDisk, DRAM information NOT available (quote below):</p><p></p><p>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]31206[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1845021, member: 234411"] Thanks [B]Randy & Charlie[/B] for the comments of SSDs - looked at the video on 'DRAM-less SSDs' - like Charlie, I've been replacing my aging (and failing) spinner HDs w/ SSDs - now have the 5 shown below (2 SanDisks, 250GB & 500GB; 2 Samsung T5s, 500GB & 1TB; & 1 Akitio bought from OWC last year); ran DriveDx and all have S.M.A.R.T. enabled but no info on the presence or absence of DRAM - send emails earlier and received one response so far from SanDisk that was not helpful, the responder stated that 'Cache' info on their 'retail drives are not published' - HUMPF! Suspect I may get a similar response from Samsung, just guessing at the moment? Today I've been reading up on this topic and SSDs w/ DRAM which are stated to be faster and longer living, but much of the discussion was about internal SSDs as the storage device inside computers, i.e. a LOT of reads/writes/garbage cleaning/etc. Now a non-DRAM SSD used as an external storage device would certainly not see the 'activity' of one in a computer - correct? I'm currently using 4 of those SSDs shown, mainly for weekly BUs of our personal folders/files on our 3 Macs and each is far from filled, so little need for 'garbage collection' at this point. As to cost, these SSDs (mostly depending on size since NAND is the major expense) were from $60 to $150 each - not sure that I want to spend a whole lot more (especially for a guy in retirement not needing critical BUs); of course, spinners would be cheaper but I really have liked the compactness and speed on these 'presumably non-DRAM' SSDs - NOW, just thinking out loud over this issue - comments are appreciated. Thanks - Dave ADDENDUM: Just heard from Samsung about my T5s - as w/ SanDisk, DRAM information NOT available (quote below): . [ATTACH=FULL]31206[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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