Don, if it's the I/O speed of an SSD that catches your interest, and
have RAM to spare (and some CPU), you could try a free virtual hard
drive (up to 650 MB) from StarWind:
http://www.starwindsoftware.com/high-performance-ram-disk-emulator
This would be an easier experiment than installing an SSD. This is a
simple emulator, so no fancy features like a shadow backed disk to save
the contents on shutdown.
With the CDROM sized disk limit, make sure that your experiment
doesn't run so long that you run out of disk space.
FWIW, modern versions of SSD *should* have lots of lifetime without
worry about their maximum number of writes, but to be confident, pay the
extra to get an enterprise model.
NB: I've tried it and liked it. I first heard about it on this list from
Sanford Whiteman; I haven't tried it as part of the free iSCSI initiator
he actually recommended http://www.starwindsoftware.com/initiators e.g.
Gary, I think I might have spaced on a similar question you asked a
while back.
I recommend Starwind Software's RAM disk -- the one that comes with
their iSCSI initiator (you don't actually need any iSCSI SAN in
place). We use it on 2003 + 2008.
-- Sandy
Andrew.
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Hi All,
Has anyone attempted to place the \IMail\Spool directory on a solid
state
hard drive? What are your experiences? Are there any reason not to do
this?
Thanks for the input,
Don
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