Reliability of PC Flash SSDs?

An anonymous reader writes "SATA and IDE flash solid-state disks are all the rage these days — faster and, allegedly, more reliable than traditional spinning-rust disks. My organization dipped its toe in the flash-disk waters, buying a handful for some PC and Linux boxes. Out of 8 drives from various manufacturers, 3 have failed in the space of four months! Some are reporting bad blocks, others just crapped out and stopped responding entirely. (And no, this isn't a wear-leveling issue, nor were these machines in particularly harsh environmental conditions, nor were all failed drives from the same manufacturer.) So I ask you, the readers of Slashdot: what has your experience been like with basic, consumer-grade SATA or IDE flash drives? Are they failing for you too, or are we just unlucky? It's starting to remind me of the claims about long-lifetime compact fluorescent light bulbs that, in reality, have turned out to be BS!"

Comments

Why the CF bulb hate?

[sakdoctor]

I don't know where people have been getting their compact fluorescent bulbs, but I've never experienced one actually wear out since they came on the market.
I think they are mostly Philips.

Re:chipset inside and utilization?

[geekoid]

I noticed you ahd enough space to post the crappy IFL dig. Perhaps if you focused on the item at hand and not your political agenda you would have enough space?