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Admittedly, I haven't really kept up-to-date on Solid State Drive news. The last I read about them, several years ago, they were faulty, unreliable, and expensive. But I'm building a new rig and from a bit of research I clearly see that they've come a long way.
So this leaves me with a few questions about SSDs:
Is it as beneficial to partition an SSD as it is/was with HDDs? With the old hard drives, partitioning one meant faster access/writing and better segregation of data; somewhat akin to having a multitude of smaller drives instead of one huge drive. Is this still beneficial to SSDs, or do they not suffer from the slight lag due to the absence of a head?
Using an SSD as your boot drive is clearly a great route to take, because of the obvious speed advantages over HDDs. But what ~exactly~ should you have on your SSD? For example, I'll be running Windows 7 Professional (64-bit). Should I get a 256 gig SSD and partition the ~40gigs of space needed just for the OS, leaving the other ~200gigs for programs? (Yes, I could and will easily need to fill close to that much space with programs, alone.) OR Should I purchase a 256gig SSD, leaving it unpartitioned but storing both my essential Windows OS on it, as well as my programs? OR Should I simply purchase a ~64gig SSD and avoid partitioning, using a second SSD for the programs?
In any scenario, a RAID 1+0 (or RAID 10) setup of four WD Velociraptor 500gig drives will be serving as storage for general files.
I've never purchased an SSD before. Would one format them prior to installation? How much space do you lose with SSDs? (For example a 500gig WD HDD I have installed in my laptop is actually only 465.76 gigs, a 1TB WD is only 931.39gigs)
Finally, just out of curiosity. Who is your preferred SSD manufacturer? It looks like Samsung leads the field, at least currently. Crucial also looks very highly-revered.
Thanks!
So this leaves me with a few questions about SSDs:
Is it as beneficial to partition an SSD as it is/was with HDDs? With the old hard drives, partitioning one meant faster access/writing and better segregation of data; somewhat akin to having a multitude of smaller drives instead of one huge drive. Is this still beneficial to SSDs, or do they not suffer from the slight lag due to the absence of a head?
Using an SSD as your boot drive is clearly a great route to take, because of the obvious speed advantages over HDDs. But what ~exactly~ should you have on your SSD? For example, I'll be running Windows 7 Professional (64-bit). Should I get a 256 gig SSD and partition the ~40gigs of space needed just for the OS, leaving the other ~200gigs for programs? (Yes, I could and will easily need to fill close to that much space with programs, alone.) OR Should I purchase a 256gig SSD, leaving it unpartitioned but storing both my essential Windows OS on it, as well as my programs? OR Should I simply purchase a ~64gig SSD and avoid partitioning, using a second SSD for the programs?
In any scenario, a RAID 1+0 (or RAID 10) setup of four WD Velociraptor 500gig drives will be serving as storage for general files.
I've never purchased an SSD before. Would one format them prior to installation? How much space do you lose with SSDs? (For example a 500gig WD HDD I have installed in my laptop is actually only 465.76 gigs, a 1TB WD is only 931.39gigs)
Finally, just out of curiosity. Who is your preferred SSD manufacturer? It looks like Samsung leads the field, at least currently. Crucial also looks very highly-revered.
Thanks!
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