From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1Ss7jb-0003p1-9r for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:34:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C9421E0539; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:34:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E8B8E0675 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:31:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2EDC2EA4A3 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:31:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id O6oL-FvAdvNT for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:31:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ca.inter.net (unknown [206.126.87.235]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 9EAE82EA4A1 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:31:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:31:44 -0400 Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:31:44 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: Gentoo User Subject: [gentoo-user] new machine : (2) HDD or SSD ? Message-ID: <20120720073144.GE2871@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: Gentoo User Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 5391482c-8729-49ab-bcf7-e723596bc944 X-Archives-Hash: 0452e0b44bb0586c15fe9a9acbb95336 My regular machine has a Seagate SATA 320 GB ( 3 Gb/s 16 MB ). Have SSDs reached the point where they are reliable & long-lasting ? Should I perhaps install an SSD for some uses + an HDD for others ? Is it viable to use an SSD for Portage ? Apart from Portage + a few everyday files, there isn't much churn among the stuff I have on my existing HDD (above). I saw a recent thread on this topic, but further thoughts are welcome. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca