I guess prices are dropping: http://www.itworldcanada.com/news/intel-doubles-capacity-drops-price-in-ssd-refresh/142814?sub=29878&utm_source=29878&utm_medium=entinfra&utm_campaign=enews
Stefan On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Sam Cayze <sca...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wow. I might bite the bullet and buy one. > > Looking around, looks like I can get a PCI-X SSD card that is big enough > for a boot drive+my docs for around $200. I had no idea they were this > cheap! > > > > *From:* Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] > *Sent:* Monday, March 28, 2011 8:09 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: OTish: SSDs and cool PCs > > > > Someone opens Windows Media Player / iTunes / Media Monkey. If your music > library is on your SSD, then populating the list of albums and cover art is > near instantaneous. > > Opening the “Recent Item” in Windows 7 (or the Start menu in previous > versions) is instantaneous > > Search in Outlook is instantaneous (as is Windows search) > > > > There are many benefits to just putting everything except the most bulky > storage onto an SSD. I even put my testing VMs on SSDs now (if I can) > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Monday, 28 March 2011 8:55 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: OTish: SSDs and cool PCs > > > > I would suspect that those of us on this list aren't the standard consumer. > > We tend to fall into two types, those who become Luddites at home, and > those who manage sophisticated infrastructures at home. > > I think significant time savings can be gained by having the OS on SSD, the > other stuff doesn't seem to need the same level of speed, but I could be > talking out of my hat. > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 5:37 AM, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> > wrote: > > Fair enough. However it seems that any modern SSD has enough redundancy > plus resiliency to survive tens of years of consumer use… > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* Rene de Haas [mailto:rene.deh...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Monday, 28 March 2011 5:09 PM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: OTish: SSDs and cool PCs > > > > 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 <k...@adopenstatic.com> > 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:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] > *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 <steve.burk...@stemcor.com> > 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:mba...@qinetiq.com] > *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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- Stefan Jafs ~ 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
