And, I would make it only for the OS, moving the user profile(s) and any applications to a standard drive.
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Steve Burkett <[email protected]>wrote: > Whatever ya do, make sure you get the latest model available of the drive > if you can, as they’re coming on leaps and bounds with the read and write > performances of these things with each new controller. > > > > For instance the original OCZ Vertex drives could do 230MB/s read & 135MB/s > writes, the Vertex 2 model for the same price can do 285MB/s read & 275MB/s > writes, and the Vertex 3 drive that’s just been released with the latest > Sandforce controller can now do up to 500MB/s read and 500MB/s writes. > > > > > > *From:* Ames Matthew B (REST) [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 25 March 2011 10:27 > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: OTish: SSDs and cool PCs > > > > I have ordered an SSD (I was greedy and went for the 128GB - thing future > proofing!) for my slightly aging machine. > > > > My plan was to install the OS + Apps onto. I would then retain my current > 750GB disk for data, temp, profiles, pagefiles, etc. This I should get fast > boot/app load but not kill the SSD. As I run a few VMs I figured the vmdk > files could reside on the SSD, and the pagefiles for them to be pointed to a > mechanical disk. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 25 March 2011 09:53 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: OTish: SSDs and cool PCs > > Maybe I'm wrong (I haven't played with SSD yet) but my understanding from a > talk I got from Netapp engineers is that the lifetime of a SSD can be easily > 3-4 years for their appliances so I assume SSDs for commercial PCs probably > endure less time. If you do intensive writings on it, you can extenuate its > lifetime very quick (swap files do very intensive writings on disks). > > I'd recommend him to buy a small SSD (maybe 20-30 Gb) and I'd put *only* > the OS and maybe some software in the SSD and the rest (data + swap file) in > a regular HD. SSD is probably going to get less writes than regular files > and the swap file and the real gain is to run the OS and the software much > quicker. > > Miguel > > > > --- El *vie, 25/3/11, James Rankin <[email protected]>* escribió: > > > De: James Rankin <[email protected]> > Asunto: OTish: SSDs and cool PCs > Para: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Fecha: viernes, 25 de marzo, 2011 05:40 > > I have a friend who is a bit of a techno-phile....he is looking to replace > his PC, and was after something cool and unique (I talked him out of the > idea of getting an iMac). He's also kind of set on the idea of getting a PC > with solid state drives, as he thinks this would put him further along the > cool wall also. I think his budget is around £1000-1500. > > So....can anyone a) recommend anywhere that sells PCs with SSDs, as I can't > seem to find very many when browsing about, or would the SSDs generally have > to be purchased separately and fitted to a PC, and b) where are the places > that do the coolest, funkiest PCs? Alienware sprang to mind but I've heard a > lot of conflicting stories about them, and I always thought they were > generally aimed at gamers. 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