SSD Issues

Hi all,
Was very excited to get my new Mac Pro 6-core with a 512 SSD, but sadly getting a lot of problems.
Freezing copying from CD to the SSD...has any one else had this problem?
Also, say, installing itunes 10, and copying files in the background also makes it freeze...
I think its SSD related, when ever i'm doing more than one thing...copying files, installing something, it freezes, i can't force quit, the only thing i can do is power it off and start again.
Perhaps i have a bad SSD?
Any help would be appreciated

I am a happy owner of an OCZ ssd in my mbp ..I also have been using ssd's the last 2 years on pc's and playstation .. the problem you witness is called stuttering in the ssd realm and is caused by the way flsh memory cells work ..in flash memory you can only write data in blocks therefore if you write a bit of data that is smaller then the block size then the drive waits for other stuff to fill in and write all of the block in one go .. this when overloaded causes massive delays called stuttering . many companies have tried numerous takes on this problem .. one rather efficient way is to utilise a buffer ram inside the ssd drive which take over in that waiting time and it actually work rather good .altho with the current latest generation ssd's the stuttering problem is almost gone completely . when you are buying ssd's you should take a look at their 4kb random write benchmark values this is what causes the stuttering under OS use most of the time .. I would highly recommend OCZ Vertex 2 as it is a lightning fast ssd with no known problems ..
I hope this shines some light on the story

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I did it as you say
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TheMadFlyentist wrote:
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