SSD vs HD?

[mickey]

128GB SSD or 1TB HD for someone who does coding?

 

[vetran]

SSD OS /program + HD for large data.

or laptop SSD + regular network backup.

 

[woohoo]

128GB SSD or 1TB HD for someone who does coding?

I have a 250gb SSD, very fast. Makes a big difference but I'm down to 100gb of free space. I might struggle with just 128gb.

 

[doodab]

You can get 1TB SSDs now.

 

[TheFaQQer]

eBuyer had a 960GB SSD for £450 the other week - simples

 

[Scrag Meister]

In my 2011 build desktop I have 2 striped 128Gb SSDs for system and regular programs (VS2012, MS Office)/games, and a 600Gb Velociraptor HDD for data and other stuff.

Also have a 3Tb Raid 5 NAS for more less-used stuff/archiving.

Also have a 1tb external HDD for backup of accounts, photos and other material I definitely don't want to lose.

 

[b0redom]

In my 2011 build desktop I have 2 striped 128Gb SSDs for system and regular programs (VS2012, MS Office)/games, and a 600Gb Velociraptor HDD for data and other stuff.

Also have a 3Tb Raid 5 NAS for more less-used stuff/archiving.

Also have a 1tb external HDD for backup of accounts, photos and other material I definitely don't want to lose.

Most modern SSDs can saturate the SATA bus. I would never stripe two together. I'd guess you're using fake RAID rather than a 'proper' RAID controller too. Not worth the risk IMO.

 

[Scrag Meister]

Most modern SSDs can saturate the SATA bus. I would never stripe two together. I'd guess you're using fake RAID rather than a 'proper' RAID controller too. Not worth the risk IMO.

What is fake v proper RAID?

Using an Asus Z68 chipset mobo and the SATA III drives are on SATA III (6Gbs) ports with built in Marvell RAID controller.

 

[scooterscot]

using a 756GB SSD in my rMBP. Word is still slow.

 

[b0redom]

What is fake v proper RAID?

Using an Asus Z68 chipset mobo and the SATA III drives are on SATA III (6Gbs) ports with built in Marvell RAID controller.

Fake as in software RAID rather than hardware RAID.

Did you do any performance testing before striping the disks together. I'd be surprised if there was much of a performance increase in doing so. The onboard RAID controllers are usually pretty rubbish compared to proper battery backed hardware controllers.