On 11/05/2015 11:06 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: [snip] >> You might be right, maybe I'll add one HDD for backup (good suggestion). >> The killer is my 1TB SSD $499.99CAD > > Get 1 SSD for the OS, software and your home directory. (240GB is usually > enough) > And 1 big HDD for your data. > > Keep your documents and other data out of the home directory if doing this. > Reason I suggest your home directory on SSD is because programs tend to store > a lot in your home directory which can benefit from a faster disk.
It seems to me that SSD drives are slower than standard spinning disks. I was just comparing my two disk with hdparm 1.) Western Digital model: Model=WDC WD2002FAEX-007BA0 hdparm -Tt /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 9406 MB in 2.00 seconds = 4705.88 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 432 MB in 3.00 seconds = 143.92 MB/sec 2.) Intel SSD model Model=INTEL SSDSC2BF480A5 /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 1292 MB in 2.00 seconds = 645.51 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 536 MB in 3.00 seconds = 178.63 MB/sec It seems to me the spinning disk WD is faster than my Intel SSD So is there an advantage of overpaying for SSD? -- Thelma
