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 1Ss8Mu-0008W4-DH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:15:24 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 640ACE05E4; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:15:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D8E7E057F for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:12:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hactar.digimed.co.uk (hactar.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.3]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0D4568006A for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:12:45 +0100 (BST) Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:12:37 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : (2) HDD or SSD ? Message-ID: <20120720091237.49925808@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20120720073144.GE2871@ca.inter.net> References: <20120720073144.GE2871@ca.inter.net> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1cvs15 (GTK+ 2.24.11; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 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: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/t208uTM.8sbSDzpX31.IRLr"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 30ff29e5-f1c9-47a6-a48f-031829b2b696 X-Archives-Hash: e3030f4b042b2c7c86ad476695ab51a8 --Sig_/t208uTM.8sbSDzpX31.IRLr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:31:44 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > Have SSDs reached the point where they are reliable & long-lasting ? Yes. > Should I perhaps install an SSD for some uses + an HDD for others ? That depends on how much storage you need. For large file storage, especially things like video and ISO images where speed is less important, a hard drive is good. > Is it viable to use an SSD for Portage ? Yes. --=20 Neil Bothwick Earlier, I didn't have time to finish anything. This time I w --Sig_/t208uTM.8sbSDzpX31.IRLr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlAJEvwACgkQum4al0N1GQM2jACghC4OOL+19PUs9gOTYUezrTsJ n3wAoIqjIg8dJVDwyDFcAv/PWCNDXUqY =WHu1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/t208uTM.8sbSDzpX31.IRLr--