True, I imagine they are trying to make it last longer by not writing to it so much.
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > Why? > > > > I’d put as much stuff onto the SSD as you can – the performance difference > between an SSD and a mechanical drive is simply unbelievable. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, 25 March 2011 9:00 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: OTish: SSDs and cool PCs > > > > 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. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
