> "However, while solid-state devices are much faster they have a much shorter lifespan than hard disks before becoming unreliable, and are much more expensive"

> "However, while solid-state devices are much faster they have a much shorter lifespan than hard disks before becoming unreliable, and are much more expensive" They're still more expensive, but not by as much as they used to, and the difference is shrinking rapidly. $300 for a decent 1TB SSD vs $60-$100 for a 1TB HDD. And lifespan? Unless you're writing petabytes to them, you're going to be fine. [0] I'm far more concerned about the lifespan of my remaining HDDs. http://techreport.com/review/27909/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-theyre-all-dead http://techreport.com/review/27909/the-ssd-endurance-experim... > "At the moment our simulations show data flowing at around 100mph (160kph). This sounds pretty fast, but we’d like it to be ten times faster." What now? No, 100mph does not sound fast when talking about the speed of data. Is there an Internet term for news articles that contain the word "could", similar to those that end in a question mark? Seems like most of them could easily add ", but most likely will not" to the end.