The Vaio I bought early 2010 uses a 240Gb SSD for boot & storage. I've used it as a mobile workstation (3d,sims,comping) and it's been rock solid (and fast of course).
Running comps with lot's of layers using SSD is great. No idea what brand it is... I'm tempted to have a couple of local data SSD in RAID to run whatever job is current and backup daily to a disk for safety. Waiting for those prices to drop a bit more. A. ________________________________ From: Ben Houston <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, 15 October 2012, 13:02 Subject: Re: 2 graphic cards for SLI Exocortex owns 8 SSDs in our Ottawa office. We have not had any failures. We use SSDs as boot drives for 3 machines and we use SSDs for source code (it speeds up C++ compilations tremendously) on 5 machines. We have not had any failures since we started adopting SSDs in the summer of 2011. We may be just lucky. We are fully backed up so that if any hard drive here goes, we are okay -- that made it easier to adopt SSDs even with their bad reputation for reliability. Brands we use: OCZ Vertex 2 (2) OCZ Vertex 3 (2) OCZ Force 3 (4) I choose those brands because they were cheap. Best regards, -ben On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 3:29 AM, Dan Yargici <[email protected]> wrote: > This is the second time in two days I've heard people raving about SSDs, are > they less prone to failure these days? I gave up being excited about them a > while back after seeing a string of friends have nothing but nightmares... > > DAN > > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Alan Fregtman <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I can't stress SSDs enough either. Best computer upgrade ever. >> >> There is something magical about booting in ~20 seconds. Apps start so >> fast! >> >> On Oct 14, 2012 8:21 PM, "Ben Houston" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Regarding SSDs, I can't recommend them enough. I'd recommend an SSD >>> as your boot drive and for your applications - thus 240GB or so is >>> what I use. But keep your data on a standard drive as the speed >>> difference isn't worth the high cost for large storage space. >>> -ben >>> >>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Leoung O'Young <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Hi Ben, >>> > >>> > Thanks for your feedback. >>> > I am looking to get the Asus GTX 560 Ti for my i7 3930 /32gb ram >>> > Do you have any experience with this card with Fury2? >>> > Will definitely consider your suggestion of SSD. What kind of gain do >>> > you >>> > see with the SSD cards? >>> > >>> > I will definitely consider getting Fury2 once we upgrade XSI >>> > You guys have done a tremendous job. >>> > >>> > Leoung >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On 10/14/2012 4:01 PM, Ben Houston wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Hi Leoung, >>> >> >>> >> SLI should will see some benefits with Fury 2, although half of the >>> >> Fury 2 calculations when self-shadowing happen on the CPU and two >>> >> video cards won't speed that up and usually you feed Fury 2 via ICE >>> >> simulations which happen completely on the CPU right now. I >>> >> personally have never found the >>> >> money required for an SLI configuration worth it -- I've done it once >>> >> about two years ago. Just getting a faster PC (Intel Core i7 39x0 >>> >> look really nice right now), SSD drives or more memory or a better >>> >> single video card usually works out better for myself. >>> >> >>> >> Best regards, >>> >> -ben >>> >> >>> >> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Leoung O'Young >>> >> <[email protected]> >>> >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Does put 2 graphics card for SLI see benefits in XSI interface >>> >>> performance >>> >>> and help also help rendering in GPU plugins like Exocortex Fury 2? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Leoung >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Best regards, >>> Ben Houston >>> Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom >>> http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals. > > -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals.
