SSD's vs HDD Performance

[gm5729]

Hey Nathan,

This was about a month ago now. SSD products of all kinds are rapidly
dropping in price while increasing in size. I went through Tiger and
then NewEgg would be a good backup. You may want to check Fry's
electronics or even Red7. Even if Red is slightly more expensive
you're supporting the local guy.

This is my machines specs:

System:    Host lauren Kernel 2.6.33-sabayon x86_64 (64 bit) Distro
Sabayon Linux amd64 5
CPU:       Quad core AMD Phenom 9650 (SMP) cache 2048 KB flags (lm nx
sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm) bmips 18480.9
           Clock Speeds: (1) 2300.00 MHz (2) 1150.00 MHz (3) 1150.00
MHz (4) 2300.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card ATI RS880 [Radeon HD 4200] X.Org 1.6.5 Res: 1440x900 at 59.9hz
           GLX Renderer ATI Radeon HD 4200 GLX Version 3.2.9551
Compatibility Profile Context Direct Rendering Yes
Audio:     Card-1 ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver HDA Intel BusID: 00:14.2
           Card-2 ATI RS880 Audio Device [Radeon HD 4200]driver HDA
Intel BusID: 01:05.1
           Card-3 Logitech Inc. QuickCam Messanger driver snd-usb-audio
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.21
Network:   Card-1 Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
controller driver r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI at port e800 BusID: 02:00.0
           Card-2 RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI driver rt61pci v:
2.3.0 BusID: 03:06.0
Disks:     HDD Total Size: 781.0GB (9.5% used) 1: /dev/sda Patriot_PS 30.9GB
           2: /dev/sdb ST3750528AS 750.2GB
Partition: ID:/ size: 23G used: 8.8G (39%) fs: rootfs ID:/ size: 23G
used: 8.8G (39%) fs: jfs
           ID:/tmp size: 3.5G used: 8.6M (1%) fs: ext2 ID:/home size:
466G used: 61G (13%) fs: jfs
           ID:/boot size: 236M used: 21M (10%) fs: ext2 ID:swap-1
size: 2.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 34.0C mobo: 35.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 2490 sys-1: 0
Processes: CPU - % used - top  5 active
           1 - cpu: 7.6% command: python2 pid: 3065 mem: 84.36MB (1.0%)
           2 - cpu: 5.7% command: opera pid: 23764 mem: 216.21MB (2.7%)
           3 - cpu: 5.4% command: htop pid: 2388 mem: 3.23MB (0.0%)
           4 - cpu: 1.3% command: X pid: 6313 mem: 121.11MB (1.5%)
           5 - cpu: 0.9% command: operapluginwrapper-native pid: 24078
mem: 33.67MB (0.4%)
           Memory - MB / % used - top  5 active
           1 - mem: 216.21MB (2.7%) command: opera pid: 23764 cpu: 5.7%
           2 - mem: 121.11MB (1.5%) command: X pid: 6313 cpu: 1.3%
           3 - mem: 84.36MB (1.0%) command: python2 pid: 3065 cpu: 7.6%
           4 - mem: 56.27MB (0.7%) command: nautilus pid: 7810 cpu: 0.0%
           5 - mem: 46.66MB (0.6%) command: python2.6 pid: 10470 cpu: 0.4%
Info:      Processes 239 Uptime 2 days Memory 1448.9/7746.2MB Runlevel
3 Client Shell inxi 1.4.8


The card at that time was ~$110 for 32GB for about $60 more you could
double that. The ssd is light, it's green, and it doesn't generate all
the heat a regular HDD does. As far as speed its all relative. But
it's pretty much instantaneous this all depending on how many services
you have to start at boot. You definitely can't hear a thing. My eee
has a 16GB Patriot ePCI ssd and its blazing fast too. I put puppylinux
on there so it maximizes space, it boots fast.

I guess overall with both being SATA2 it's like a Vette vs a Camry. I
do have to say if you get a 2.5" and it is going in a tower make sure
you get a conversion kit to help it fit properly in the drive bay
area.

VP
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