loading a solid State HD into my laptop and also moving into the now via Windows 7 and 64 Bit. I know it works well with Rockit so here we go.
Solid State HD Take 1
- Thread starter Jon Tuck
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I have an SSD in my home box. 120Gb. 64 bit Windows Ultimate loads to a login screen in about 10 seconds. 
Excellent stuff. I'd like bigger, however I'm going to wait for price to come down more.
Best,
Paul
Excellent stuff. I'd like bigger, however I'm going to wait for price to come down more.
Best,
Paul
I'm still trying to figure why they put "Drive" in the acronym. It's not a drive.
I have a 500 GB drive in my main lappy, and it boots in about 20-30 seconds. Works fine for me, and didn't cost anymore.
I don't turn mine off, unless I have to travel 33 hours -- just put it into hibernate for an hour or two while running to the gig -- comes right back up.
A mystery to me... :sqconfused:
I have a 500 GB drive in my main lappy, and it boots in about 20-30 seconds. Works fine for me, and didn't cost anymore.
I don't turn mine off, unless I have to travel 33 hours -- just put it into hibernate for an hour or two while running to the gig -- comes right back up.
A mystery to me... :sqconfused:
Here, I Googled that for ya
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Sleep-and-hibernation-frequently-asked-questions
It boots very fast and I love Windows 7. Will be putting it through the paces with my DJ softwares.
DjDennis
RIP- My Dad (2011), Sister (2013) and Mum (2017)
Although I haven't put one in my laptop yet, I will.
However at home I built my desktop using 4 Intel X-25E server class SSD's in RAID0. 2500K i5 processor and 16GB of ram. The SSD's are only 32GB in size but they are SLC technology vs. MLC....so they will last a really long time....So I have a total drive space of around 120GB but its 4 drives! LOL....
I can read/write equally around 950MB/s. Pretty hand when transferring/syncing USB 3.0 drives or large drives with big cache....cuts down the time considerably....also from the stand point of moving things around or processing video/audio etc. Running Ccleaner on my machine used to take 2 or 3 minutes to clear out space...now its like 5 seconds...lol
No, I didn't pay even close to retail for those drives. The sticker shock will stun you. Those drives were considered really high end and super fast um...3 years ago. Now other things on the market have really stepped up but the Intel Extreme series is still very rock solid compared to OCZ/Kingston etc.
I'm a fan to say the least although I'm still confused by all the jargon with these things.
However at home I built my desktop using 4 Intel X-25E server class SSD's in RAID0. 2500K i5 processor and 16GB of ram. The SSD's are only 32GB in size but they are SLC technology vs. MLC....so they will last a really long time....So I have a total drive space of around 120GB but its 4 drives! LOL....
I can read/write equally around 950MB/s. Pretty hand when transferring/syncing USB 3.0 drives or large drives with big cache....cuts down the time considerably....also from the stand point of moving things around or processing video/audio etc. Running Ccleaner on my machine used to take 2 or 3 minutes to clear out space...now its like 5 seconds...lol
No, I didn't pay even close to retail for those drives. The sticker shock will stun you. Those drives were considered really high end and super fast um...3 years ago. Now other things on the market have really stepped up but the Intel Extreme series is still very rock solid compared to OCZ/Kingston etc.
I'm a fan to say the least although I'm still confused by all the jargon with these things.
Kind of puzzled as to why you'd have (4) SSD's in Raid 0. In this configuration, there is no parity / redundancy.
DjDennis
RIP- My Dad (2011), Sister (2013) and Mum (2017)
lol The SSD's are only 32GB in size I dont think you have seen what size there are out there...
thats flash drives but they are also bigger than that now days!
have a read here for more info on solid state hard drives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive
there is as it reads more to come
also look at newegg closer
a 1TB SSD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227753
600GB for just over a Grand
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167059
anyway there's more to come
thats flash drives but they are also bigger than that now days!
have a read here for more info on solid state hard drives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive
there is as it reads more to come
also look at newegg closer
a 1TB SSD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227753
600GB for just over a Grand
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167059
anyway there's more to come
Yes no doubt. I have backups of my system taken constantly. I reimaged Windows 7 one time to the RAID using Norton Ghost in less than 10 minutes. Fresh install of Windows 7 to my first view of the desktop was something like 12 minutes... Installing other software takes no time. My data I crucially need is stored on one internal 2TB then I back it up to 3 more externals off site in case of fire.
Well of course, that's why I said they were cutting edge 3 years ago...Even then 3 years ago they were small at 32GB. But these are server class drives. They have twice the MTBF of MLC drives. I got them for about $100 a piece. Not the original price of $350.
Show me a $400 SSD today at any size that has this performance.
Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of having a RAID? I get that you're RAIDing for purposes of a larger drive (across 4 drives). In all tho, you'd lose one drive to parity but gain some built in recovery while not losing much speed.
My purposes are for speed, not size. I just want a machine that boots quickly and runs through data quickly. Failure hasn't happened but its not a big deal if it does. My desktop is used to crunch data then send it on its way. 950 MB/s read and write is fun!