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    Speed, speed, speed - 32GB RAM & SSD storage?

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by Jonny_c, Mar 5, 2012.

  1. Jonny_c

    Jonny_c Newbie

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    Hello All,

    I'm preparing a mobile demonstration lab for remote computing / desktop virtualization.
    Has anyone built an Elitebook 8560W with the following components?
    -32GB RAM (genuine HP)
    -256 SSD hard drive

    Is it possible to use the SSD as the only & primary drive and have 512GB instead of the HP specs of 256GB?

    Thanks

    Jonny
     
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    hbootz Notebook Consultant

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    I have 16Gb and a 240GB SSD in bay 0 and a 500GB HDD in bay 1, so far only running a couple of VMs with Win7 and VMware Workstation 8.

    Haven´t tried with XenServer yet, wanted to build a small kaviza/vdi-in-a-box testlab, but didn´t find the time.

    and yes, of course you can only use the ssd in bay 0 and use a dvd/br in bay 1
     
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    Shemmy Notebook Evangelist

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    My 4430s' specs are in my signature, and I have no issues running multiple VMs in Hyper-V.
     
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    Have you considered RAID-0 to boost SSD performance?

    The HP RAID User Guide indicates that RAID-0 is supported using the primary, secondary and upgrade bay (optical drive bay):

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    So running two identical SATA-III SSDs in a RAID-0 arrangement can effectively double IOPS and seq read/write performance. Though RAID-0 doesn't as yet support TRIM. That is rumored to be included in upcoming Intel RST drivers.
     
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