[dba-Tech] Am I missing something?

 Hi Arthur --

Yes, I also have 256GB SSD as my system drive for ASUS N76Vz/Win8 - it reboots and gets out of 'sleep' mode as speedy as Gustav's ThinkStation. The second drive is 1TB HDD where I keep VMs' images, virtual HDDs, archives, backups etc.

-- Shamil 


Четверг, 28 февраля 2013, 18:35 +01:00 от "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>:
>Hi Arthur and Rocky
>
>It's really a zero-issue task. It installs and mounts just like any other
>harddrive.
>
>My ThinkStation with an Intel drive turns on so fast that the Windows 7
>animation during boot doesn't finish, and - as I usually do - if you wake it
>from sleep, it is ready in less than a second. Windows 8 is even faster.
>
>/gustav
>
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>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Rocky Smolin
>Sendt: 28. februar 2013 17:36
>Til: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
>Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Am I missing something?
>
>Noah added one to the machine he built last year and is ecstatic with the
>boot and response time. 
>
>I'd like to put one in my main box but it's so stable I'm reluctant to mess
>with it.
>
>I can put you in touch with him if you want.  He did the whole thing himself
>so he can probably guide you. 
>
>R
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:  dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
>Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 7:31 AM
>To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>Subject: [dba-Tech] Am I missing something?
>
>I have read a few articles about SSDs and how to set them up as the boot
>drive. Today I received in my inbox an offer from PC Mag for a Samsung 128GB
>internal SSD for the ridiculously low price of $134.99.
>
>I have a few questions.
>0. Does one need to format these things or do they come pre-formatted, and
>if so, as what? FAT-32 or NTFS or...?
>1. There's a slot on my box that accepts SSDs. Is that what is meant by
>"internal"?
>2. Is it possible to set up one of these babies as the boot drive? I'm
>assuming that this setup would boot way more quickly than the current
>boot-from-hard-disk setup.
>3. Given the whopping size of this thing, I can conceive of installing
>virtually all my frequently-used apps on it; and there would still be
>abundant space left. I'm in and out of Access, Word and OneNote several
>times per day, plus a few other things as well. Could I re-install all these
>apps on the SSD?
>
>--
>TIA,
>Arthur 
>
>