Hello,
While trim is not going to be supported (unless
there is some third party utility) The SSDs firmware
will perform the garbage collection without the OSes help.
I was thinking about a velociraptor myself for a
fast boot drive but what about a segate momentus
hybrid SSHD?
It caches reads and learns the most used programs like those used at boot.
Writes are just the same as a spinner though.
Not sure about the noise of the raptor as well as
the SSHD will be faster assuming the firmware
GC is up to the job.
Martin N
At 03:00 25/07/2013, you wrote:
Trim is outside the realm of possibility. Not
sure If doing an erase free space procedure
monthly or so would help a bit. Modern drive
"garbage collection" is pretty good. Anybody got
any benchmarks? I picked up a velociraptor to
use in an old G4 rather than try to work through SSD issues.
Sent from my mobile device.
On Jul 24, 2013, at 7:58 PM, "ah...clem"
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
anyone had success putting an SSD in a G5 and
getting the maximum speed out of it? issues
i'm aware of include the native SATA-1
interface, which will limit speed to a
theoretical max of 187.5 MB/s, regardless of
how fast the SSD itself is. the way around
that is to use an expansion slot and a SATA-2
or SATA-3 controller. problem is, i'm having a
hard time finding a PCI-e SATA-3 controller
that's compatible and bootable. i tried one of
the Apricorn Velocity Solo cards (PCI-e/sata-3
controller and carrier for 2.5" SSD), and it is
indeed bootable in a 2009 MacPro, but it is
invisible in my G5 quad. system profiler and
disk utility don't even know it's there. it's
"supposed" to work in ANY computer with a PCI-e
slot. waiting to hear back from customer support.
one bit of good news i can share is that at $43
(sans drive) it was an appealing alternative to
the much more costly Sonnet cards, and
outrageously expensive Accelsior cards, and it
works flawlessly in a MacPro, delivering a
read/write speed of 480 MB/s (if your SSD is up
to it), just not the G5 i intended it for.
anyone have any other suggestions, or success
stories with other hdwe? TIA for all replies.
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to
purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
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