Re: Server question: SSD or HDD ?

2022-08-07 Thread Andrew Bernard
I'd say that is somewhat out of date information. Refer to this page: https://superuser.com/questions/1344650/how-much-slower-do-ssds-get-as-they-fill-up-or-age I'd say server class SSDs are correctly provisioned nowadays. Andrew On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 11:51 AM David Wright wrote: But b

Re: Server question: SSD or HDD ?

2022-08-07 Thread Mike Blackstock
Demo at https://static.blackstock.media/guacamole On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 11:51 AM David Wright wrote: > On Thu 29 Jul 2021 at 15:01:58 (+0100), Phil Holmes wrote: > > On 29/07/2021 14:55, Mike Blackstock wrote: > > > I'm getting a new server for online hosting of lilypond stuff. > > > > > > I'm

Re: Server question: SSD or HDD ?

2021-07-29 Thread Mike Blackstock
Thanks Phil and David! I got the 500 gig SSD option; I can always add more later. The entire Mutopia repository, which I've cloned, with mp3s of all midi files added, is less than 10 gigs. 500 gigs is a lot! I'll be sure to keep it under 70% capacity. System specs are here: https://order.serverma

Re: Server question: SSD or HDD ?

2021-07-29 Thread David Wright
On Thu 29 Jul 2021 at 15:01:58 (+0100), Phil Holmes wrote: > On 29/07/2021 14:55, Mike Blackstock wrote: > > I'm getting a new server for online hosting of lilypond stuff. > > > > I'm not much of a hardware guy... within my hosting budget, I can > > have either a 500 GB SDD, or a 1 TB HDD pn the s

Re: Server question: SSD or HDD ?

2021-07-29 Thread Phil Holmes
On 29/07/2021 14:55, Mike Blackstock wrote: I'm getting a new server for online hosting of lilypond stuff. I'm not much of a hardware guy... within my hosting budget, I can have either a 500 GB SDD, or a 1 TB HDD pn the system I'll be leasing. I've never had a system with a solid state drive...

Server question: SSD or HDD ?

2021-07-29 Thread Mike Blackstock
I'm getting a new server for online hosting of lilypond stuff. I'm not much of a hardware guy... within my hosting budget, I can have either a 500 GB SDD, or a 1 TB HDD pn the system I'll be leasing. I've never had a system with a solid state drive... would it be noticeably faster for compiling l