On Jul 21, 2011, at 4:08 PM, Gordon Ross wrote: > I'm looking to upgrade the disk in a high-end laptop (so called > "desktop replacement" type). I use it for development work, > runing OpenIndiana (native) with lots of ZFS data sets. > > These "hybrid" drives look kind of interesting, i.e. for about $100, > one can get: > Seagate Momentus XT ST95005620AS 500GB 7200 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s > with NCQ Solid State Hybrid Drive > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148591 > And then for about $400 one can get an 250GB SSD, such as: > Crucial M4 CT256M4SSD2 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State > Drive (SSD) > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148443 > > Anyone have experience with either one? (good or bad) > > Opinions whether the lower capacity and higher cost of > the SSD is justified in terms of performance for things > like software builds, etc?
FWIW, I run a Toshiba SSD, 256G, all day, every day. Love it. No plans to go back to spinning rust on the laptop... ever :-) -- richard _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
