Bruce, the SSD as such is a complex piece of software. I mean the controller. Now, you add another layer on top of that controller to handle and manage the combination. I'm not saying it is bad, e.g. your point of physical limitation such as iMac or really thin laptop computers, is very valid. However, I think that if a computer in question can take more than one regular size HDD, a better bet is separate SSD and HDD.
This is just my opinion, based on whatever knowledge and experience I have. I am not saying it is the ultimately correct one. Just an opinion. Boris On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 7:40 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Boris, they make sense in two ways. They are simple replacement for a > hard drive and give you the fast access of an SSD and the large space > of a hard drive, all without having to partition your disk space or > even to think about where the "fast stuff" is versus where the "slow > stuff" is. The speed improvement occurs for all your stored data. > > They are just like adding RAM cache inside your CPU: it's a no-fuss > drop-in two-level memory. > > And the other way is in system designs where you only have room for > one drive, eg a notebook or a physically compact enclosure like an > iMac. > > > On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Paul, >> >> In my opinion, this is not worth it. If you require SSD in your >> system, just buy one such drive, as they are relatively inexpensive >> these days. If you require proper storage - buy proper HDDs. These >> SSD+HDD combinations were meaningful when SSD's were very expensive, >> but not any longer. >> >> E.g. my system has HDDs for storing pics and 256 GB SSD for OS and >> LightRoom caches, scratches, you name it. Works just fine and suits my >> requirements for system responsiveness. >> >> YMMandWV :-) >> >> Boris >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 3:50 PM, Paul in MKE <pentax1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> It's time to upgrade the hard drive in my computer and I'm looking at a >>> hybrid - a standard hard drive with a small built-in solid state drive. Has >>> anyone had any experience with this? Are they really faster/better than a >>> old-fashioned spinny drive or is it just hype? >>> >>> -p >>> >>> -- >>> Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> Boris >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
