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[217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id p1sm11062145wix.9.2013.06.26.07.13.41 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:13:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Intel SRT + SSD + SATA Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:13:36 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.8.13-gentoo; KDE/4.10.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <201306252010.27467.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <201306252244.30012.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <51CA27C0.8080902@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51CA27C0.8080902@gmail.com> 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; boundary="nextPart4319699.tLbBzlGlUG"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201306261513.38770.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: d6ca8703-5bce-4116-a282-edabf61bf64d X-Archives-Hash: 2821cb9ebcf0392ab2ed2ed91be7595f --nextPart4319699.tLbBzlGlUG Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wednesday 26 Jun 2013 00:29:04 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 25/06/2013 23:44, Mick wrote: > > On Tuesday 25 Jun 2013 21:59:20 Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 25/06/2013 21:10, Mick wrote: > > I think it is used to RAID the SSD onto the hard drive, so that it can = be > > replicated onto a new SSD if/when the original goes bad. >=20 > This is a laptop right? No, I am hunting for a replacement desktop. > > How do people mirror their SD onto the SATA, or what is the recommended > > way to safeguard the SSD installed OS? >=20 > You copy it. You do not raid it. With two disks, just rsync over > whatever you need whenever you need to do it. Do you automate this, or just do it after the system has been updated/chang= ed? > You will notice the grunt those i7s can deliver when you start to do > this (sort of typical for mine...): >=20 > 3 virtualbox vms running, 1 Windows for IE and Office > 30 tabs open in firefox > emerge world going on set to -j32 -l8 > 30-odd konsole tabs open, often more than half tailing a log file at > more than 200 lines a minute > the usual desktop apps (mail, skype, movie playing in one corner) O_O You are right, I will *never* notice the difference between the two CPUs ... > I sort of just keep loading it up till I run out of things to leave > open, and never notice the difference. This is an 8 core i7 with 16G RAM I guess you mean 4 core + hyperthreading? > and 128G SSD - complete total overkill for any rational usage, even a > busy devops sysadmin - but we get good prices on the company corporate > account >=20 > It all comes down to what you really *need* as opposed to how much > techie-bling you *want* :-) I also need to find out what my other half needs and of course I can't igno= re=20 what she wants, or I won't hear the end of it! :p =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart4319699.tLbBzlGlUG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAABAgAGBQJRyvcSAAoJELAdA+zwE4Yeg2sH/iY1ahKXQx7BHYHi91zdOeL7 Z9+uBVND2FPcj5rG0lnHL3+Q6mMZWGgtPh8GHnYUr9h0AQtUoYIEZQva45uM1gF9 BoVoodX5uXCZx34rK/r/bM7iYpwG7Pcb+nsUgB8ImPBBrMm/Ko5fh43ipDq2oOIe 3X/mz4OTOqWhSrG4fCx3OEdYHcjNG5ApNGOJC8BZ8ABXEPPmUps6GdpHEL9rsH0W Uw8wikaQuYsUJnx01LnRXCLxj3KUL1D3uKSmj2BTBgPbmQKcs+yGVdyTo5d6xMnu bTIDkzxkXj7ftHXJ3XeGLNcFDTBTFKRdawKoO6TEK7euEEAQfj4ufufn2GbID/c= =UVTz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart4319699.tLbBzlGlUG--