Re: Semi-OT: Recommendation for laptop/workstation replacment to run VMs ?

  • From: Kellyn Pot'vin <kellyn.potvin@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Christopher.Taylor2@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <Christopher.Taylor2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "fuzzy.graybeard@xxxxxxxxx" <fuzzy.graybeard@xxxxxxxxx>, "oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 11:42:33 -0800 (PST)

The OS is one the SSD be default with the Zenbook.  I have done all the 
benchmark tests and find that it runs no faster on the SSD than on normal disk. 
 It's graphic and CPU intensive apps such as web browsers that seem to benefit 
from the SSD... :)  Any swap files you create, those will run faster if on the 
SSD, too... :)
 
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 From: "Christopher.Taylor2@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <Christopher.Taylor2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: fuzzy.graybeard@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 11:08 AM
Subject: RE: Semi-OT: Recommendation for laptop/workstation replacment to run 
VMs ?
 
Right - the question stems from the thought:

"If I put the OS on the SSD [the most expensive drive with finite write 
cycles], how do I separate the OS specific "stuff" such as the "Libraries" and 
the temp file generation off the OS partition?"

I need to read up on that - basically I understand that when separating the 
OS/apps onto the SSD you need to fix the OS so that it isn't writing a lot of 
temporary/short term stuff to that drive.

Chris

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From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Hans Forbrich
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 11:46 AM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Semi-OT: Recommendation for laptop/workstation replacment to run 
VMs ?

On 02/01/2013 9:17 AM, Christopher.Taylor2@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Thanks Jared - on the SSD as the OS/App drive, I've seen only a little bit 
> about this.
> Do you use a different drive for the "Libraries" section? (My Documents, 
> Pictures, Downloads, etc?)  Or does all that go on the SSD as well?
>
> Chris

Jumping in again, this is pure economics:

- how much does an SSD cost ./ MB;
- how much does a spindrive cost / MB;
- how much of the expensive disk do you want to hand over to pictures;
- what will you do when the expensive drive is filled with 'library' stuff

Like Jared, I use a NAS for that stuff, as well as for backup.

It's a 'business case' decision.
/Hans
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