Re: [gentoo-user] Intel SRT + SSD + SATA

[Mick]

On Wednesday 26 Jun 2013 00:29:04 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 25/06/2013 23:44, Mick wrote:
> > On Tuesday 25 Jun 2013 21:59:20 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> >> On 25/06/2013 21:10, Mick wrote:

> > I think it is used to RAID the SSD onto the hard drive, so that it can be
> > replicated onto a new SSD if/when the original goes bad.
>
> This is a laptop right?

No, I am hunting for a replacement desktop.


> > How do people mirror their SD onto the SATA, or what is the recommended
> > way to safeguard the SSD installed OS?
>
> You copy it. You do not raid it. With two disks, just rsync over
> whatever you need whenever you need to do it.

Do you automate this, or just do it after the system has been updated/changed?



> You will notice the grunt those i7s can deliver when you start to do
> this (sort of typical for mine...):
>
> 3 virtualbox vms running, 1 Windows for IE and Office
> 30 tabs open in firefox
> emerge world going on set to -j32 -l8
> 30-odd konsole tabs open, often more than half tailing a log file at
>  more than 200 lines a minute
> the usual desktop apps (mail, skype, movie playing in one corner)

  O_O

You are right, I will *never* notice the difference between the two CPUs ...



> I sort of just keep loading it up till I run out of things to leave
> open, and never notice the difference. This is an 8 core i7 with 16G RAM

I guess you mean 4 core + hyperthreading?


> and 128G SSD - complete total overkill for any rational usage, even a
> busy devops sysadmin - but we get good prices on the company corporate
> account
>
> It all comes down to what you really *need* as opposed to how much
> techie-bling you *want* :-)

I also need to find out what my other half needs and of course I can't ignore 
what she wants, or I won't hear the end of it!  :p

-- 
Regards,
Mick