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From: Jacques Montier <jmontier@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : (2) HDD or SSD ?
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:21:26
Message-Id: CAHVEG0Azfdijb0XE7w+2s7rSWx+MyxRQi1L7Sj8L748uH6zvWw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : (2) HDD or SSD ? by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 Hello,
2
3 I have just a (maybe silly) question...
4 I saw on some forums that partitionning SSDs could slow down read/write
5 access.
6 Is it true or simply intox ?
7 On my sata HD, i have boot, /, usr and home separated partitions.
8 What do you think of it ?
9
10 Thank you,
11
12 Cheers
13
14 --
15 Jacques
16
17 2012/7/20 Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
18
19 > Am Freitag, 20. Juli 2012, 03:31:44 schrieb Philip Webb:
20 > > My regular machine has a Seagate SATA 320 GB ( 3 Gb/s 16 MB ).
21 > >
22 > > Have SSDs reached the point where they are reliable & long-lasting ?
23 > > Should I perhaps install an SSD for some uses + an HDD for others ?
24 > > Is it viable to use an SSD for Portage ?
25 > >
26 > > Apart from Portage + a few everyday files,
27 > > there isn't much churn among the stuff I have on my existing HDD (above).
28 > >
29 > > I saw a recent thread on this topic, but further thoughts are welcome.
30 >
31 > forget the i7. Buy something a lot cheaper and invest the money into a
32 > nice,
33 > fat SSD like Vertex3.
34 >
35 > Money well spent.
36 >
37 > --
38 > #163933
39 >
40 >

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Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : (2) HDD or SSD ? Michael Hampicke <gentoo-user@××××.biz>
Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : (2) HDD or SSD ? Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>