Bill Benson
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Sun Mar 9 19:42:36 CDT 2014
Nor is he apparently a fan of tech fans. Probably not a fan of fans of tech fans either, LOL... On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Tony: > > You are obviously not a tech fan or this question would never have to be > asked. ;-) > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Septav" <TSeptav at Uniserve.com> > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" < > accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 4:07:46 PM > Subject: Re: [AccessD] apocalypse someday... > > Hey All > Who cares. This is the biggest ditz I have ever seen. > > Tony Septav > Nanaimo, BC > Canada > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W Colby > Sent: March-09-14 5:40 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] apocalypse someday... > > >>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. > > LOL, I have a 1 terabyte raid 5 array with hot backup. It is not for speed > but for redundancy. > That said, striping the data across 5 drives ups the transfer speed > immensely. > > Of course the array is hosted on a dedicated raid card, NOT on the built-in > SATA ports. I was able > to get (7) 200gb SSDs and form the raid array for under $2000 including the > cost of the card. > > It is for my large databases on my SQL Server and it absolutely smokes > loading stuff into RAM. > Since I have 90GB of RAM dedicated to the SQL Server, being able to load > RAM > quickly becomes an > issue. With a RAID array and a dedicated controller I get over 1 gb / sec > load speeds off of two > year old technology drives (SATA3). > > I will be replacing those in the next few months with new Samsung EVO > drives > and probably doubling > that speed. Loading large database containers into SSDs is one area where > the benefit pays for > itself quickly. > > John W. Colby > > Reality is what refuses to go away > when you do not believe in it > > On 3/9/2014 4:42 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! 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