[AccessD] apocalypse someday...

Tony Septav TSeptav at Uniserve.com
Sun Mar 9 20:57:19 CDT 2014


Hey All
You PMO
I am a programmer and developer, not a TECH FAN. This is an ACCESS line not
a forum for a bunch of techie boys, go somewhere else to discuss. Do not
insult me. I truly take offence at your pompous attitudes.

This is why this list has fallen apart. Like or leave it.

Tony Septav
Nanaimo, BC
Canada

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bill Benson
Sent: March-09-14 7:43 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] apocalypse someday...

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
> >
> >
>
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