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    Convince me I would benefit from an SSD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by nimrodel, May 15, 2011.

  1. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    A toaster? :p
     
    HTWingNut, May 26, 2011
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    pukemon are you unplugged?

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    gravy? peanut butter and jelly? grilled cheese?
     
    pukemon, May 26, 2011
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    ivanox1972 Notebook Consultant

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    Whats about vmware?
    Is there any benefit if program is on ssd and machine on second hd...
    Or, only if they both are on ssd you see speed boost?
     
    ivanox1972, May 28, 2011
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    No, only because the program is loaded in RAM and VM OS in RAM as well. It will just load into ram more quickly if on SSD (i.e. boot more quickly).
     
    HTWingNut, May 30, 2011
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    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    vmware should have all on ssd at best. the fact that there are two os in parallel trying to access the same disk as if it would be their own is a massive + for ssds. their great parallel random readwrite performance helps there to get two very snappy systems (or more than two, even).

    on a hdd, having more than one os running in parallel can quickly be a performance hog. that's why it's suggested to have an individual disk per virtual machine. or, the more simple and flexible way: an ssd.
     
    davepermen, May 30, 2011
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