SSD for performance and battery life. Have not tested this, but isn't possible to have VM image on external hard drive? WDC VelociRaptor 10000 RPM SATA III? I am drooling. On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 6:49 AM, <Christopher.Taylor2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So I changed the subject a bit here - does anyone have recommendations on > running VMs off of SSDs versus SATAs? (I've seen to stay away from 5400rpm > SATAs for performance reasons) > > I'm trying to gauge the impact of having virtual disks sitting in SSD > (thru a VM app) and those disks having some amount of write activity - and > perhaps I'm overanalyzing. Maybe I would need a larger capacity disk > before I started wearing out an SSD? These would be lab setups for my own > testing of upgrades etc. > > I'm thinking something like the following: > > 1. Primary SSD for OS and apps > 2. 2 SSDs for VMs > 3. Largish type SATA drive for backups of important files > > Something like that. > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Hans Forbrich > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 2:14 PM > To: Mark W. Farnham > Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Semi-OT: Recommendation for laptop/workstation replacment to > run VMs ? > > On 02/01/2013 1:07 PM, Mark W. Farnham wrote: > > Has anyone mentioned how quiet SSD only laptops can be? > > > Speak up, will you ... the silence is deafening. > > I second your observation. My MacBook is so quiet, the occasional time > when the fan kicks in (which is also dramatically reduced in frequency and > duration) can be startling. > > /Hans > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l