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On Tuesday 30 November 2010 19:34:06 rosea.grammostola wrote:

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> On 11/08/2010 05:24 PM, Joe Hartley wrote:

> > On Sat, 06 Nov 2010 14:34:32 +0100

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> > "rosea.grammostola"  wrote:

> >> On 11/05/2010 03:42 PM, Joe Hartley wrote:

> >>> I just installed 2 SATA drives in my studio system to replace the 3 A=

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> >>> drives in there now: an 80 GB for the current projects and a 500 GB

> >>> 2.5" mag drive for the OS and all the non-live projects.  This then

> >>> all gets backed up over the network.  I'm going to pull the power to

> >>> the ATA drives today and see how much it changes the noise generated.

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> >> This is SSD? Why 2.5" and not 3.5"

> >> Which size SSD is recommended for a Desktop pc?

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> > I went with the smaller drives for a few reasons.  One is that the

> > smaller drives are easily obtainable for me.  My company makes storage

> > systems that use 2.5" drives exclusively, and have proven the 2.5"

> > drives (at least the Constellations) to be both performant and rugged

> > enough for the task, so I wasn't worried about the smaller drives

> > lacking in that regard.  The other issue was that I didn't have room for

> > any more larger drives (though I'll be able to pull them now that the

> > system has proved itself), but I did have room for the 2.5" drives.

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> >> Hmm when I set cpu scaling on performance, the fan of my T61 makes to

> >> much noise for a SSD to be valuable...

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> > I've been trying to resurrect a T61 a friend had given to me.  It's got=

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> > known issue with the onboard video memory, so the only real fix is a mo=

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> > replacement, but in researching that, I found that there's a known issue

> > with the T61 and fan noise.  Check out the website

> > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_control_fan_speed

> > There seem to some things that can be done to minimize it.  Good luck!

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> Are ssd drives cooler then normal hdd's?

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> A normal hdd gets damaged at 55 degrees Celsius more or less, how is

> that for ssd?

90=B0C are the max for hdd (there the magnetism is lost). 55=B0C is very we=

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possible, though not recommended. It certainly doesn't degrade the disk.
SSD are nice as they are faster for seeking. Continuous transfer-rates with=

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are about the same for ssd and hdd at least in the range where they aren't =

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pricey for normal people.

If you want to use one: Use it for the current projects you are working on.=

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Leave the operating system on the traditional hdd. You boot your os only on=

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a day. Once ardour is running, the current project is reading many chunks o=

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data from different files in rapid succession. Exactly what the main advant=

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of ssd is...
Have fun,
Arnold
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