[AccessD] apocalypse someday...

Hi Bill:

An aside but a worthy note: Was at a friends place the yesterday and his recommendation is to never use a SSD in a RAID...all SSD or none...there is nothing like learning the hard way. 

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Benson" <vbacreations at gmail.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 11:08:25 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] apocalypse someday...

Along the lines of SSD upgrade...I am considering upgrading my DELL E6530
HDD to a SSD. 

I think with DELLs I can rely on the CD ROM Bay accepting a 2nd hard drive
caddy - for between $30-$50. I don't know the speed it is capable of, but it
would give me a place have the two drives in the laptop at the same time,
and I rarely use the CD/DVD.

If I were to migrate my current drive which is 750GB but using < 300GB to a
500GB Crucial SSD, would I have problems?

Does anyone know whether using the installed Acronis software's Clone
function (while Win 7 is running) will be a safe way to get the new drive
operational?

Will the result be optimized for that new drive, or will I have wished I had
done a clear install and put all my programs on again (sigh...)

Another alternative is to "Recover" a TIB stored either on the older HDD, or
on Buffalo Linkstation, to the new drive. This could be done (1) using
bootable Acronis media, if the new drive is put into the HDD bay, or (2)
using Acronis software with the old drive still in the HDD bay and the new
drive in the CD ROM bay, or vice versa... OR SO I THINK.

Last, if any of those approaches work, I should be able to then put the old
HDD in modular bay, in a caddy, and put the new SSD in the DELL HDD port, at
which point I probably need to buy an adaptor so it fits in there with the
right form factor.

I am assuming that DELL treats whatever is in the HDD bay as primary, and
anything in the modular bay as secondary, but I hardly know.

So to rack 'em up, need to purchase:
          2.5" SSD
          2.5" internal caddy for DELL HDD
          9" modular bay HDD caddy for 2.5" drives


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