5 Aug
2021
5 Aug
'21
5:59 p.m.
On Thursday 05 August 2021 12:36:10 pm dep wrote:
Hi, everybody!
I'm giving some thought to putting an SSD in my desktop machine. The
relatively small ones, ~500gb, have gotten pretty cheap, and they seem to
be fairly reliable (though I can't say I utterly trust them, though
traditional HDs aren't perfect in this regard, either). It seems that if
properly employed, one could speed up my system considerably.
But I thought I'd ask here before pushing the buy button.
So . . . has anyone here used an SSD in a desktop machine? If so, what did
you put on it?
I have 20tb of storage on the machine, most of it big photo files, and I
expect to keep all of it. Absent a compelling reason to the contrary, I'd
keep ~/ on a conventional hard drive as well. My initial idea is putting
the / partition and swap partitions on the thing, with everything home and
below staying put.
An additional consideration is my idea of keeping a fully current install
where it is now, though not using it unless the SSD blows up. Is this
reasonably easy to do, or would it be a giant pita?
Anyone here have any experience doing this kind of thing?
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Hi Dep,
I'm currently using SSDs on all my machines. Running PCLOS Big Daddy (Ali
Izzard's roll). All is working perfectly. On me slowest machine, the boot up
time is 58 seconds from boot menu to desktop. On the fastest machine (Intel
Core i9-10980XE 3.0 GHz 28 cores) boot up is about 18 to 24 secs.
I'm using mostly Seagate (6 in the big machine with 8 spin drives), 1 WD in an
old 2 core 3.4GHz laptop.
For boot drives, I recommend 1 tbs for wiggle room. 500 doesn't cut it anymore
because of the sheer amount of software available. Ali / PCLOS keep me neck
deep with cool software. For home drvs 2tbs is great. I'm also go for a 3rd
(multimedia) and 4 drv (large personal files like home movies and photos).
ALWAYS have, at least one backup drive equal to the total sum off all your
drvs for a given machine.
I have an internal and external drv for the big machine and most of the
desktops and an ext for the laptops.
As for keeping your org install on the spin drive, good idea. So long as you
machine doesn't have a problem with booting. I'd keep all other drives
disconnected until you complete your install them reattach them. You can't
change your home drive later one.
Hope this makes sense, it's a pretty rushed reply.
Kate