J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Thursday, November 05, 2015 11:31:31 PM the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> On 11/05/2015 11:06 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> Please do not top-post. >> Thank you for reminder :-/ >> >>> On Thursday, November 05, 2015 07:17:38 PM the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>>> When it comes to price I think the 1TB SDD is expensive in my case + >>>> $177.99CAD warranty (though I don't know if I need warranty, or why they >>>> are charging me for it)? >>> It might be extended warranty. IOW, more then the usual factory warranty. >>> I would ask them about that. >> I think it might be Extended Warranty (I'll take it out), it is not >> worth it. >> >>>> ========= >>>> GRANT TOTAL: $1420.98 >>>> >>>> PS. Expensive like for a small box. >>> I can't comment on prices, been a while since I looked into a new desktop. >>> If that were Euros, I'd find it a lot for what you get. >> No, that was in Canadian Dollars $1420.98 in Euros it would be 952.53 >> and in USD 1054.92 >> >>>> Maybe I don't need 32GB or RAM but even 16GB RAM would save me only >>>> $112.99 >>> My laptop has 16GB Ram and it works quite nicely. Doesn't use swap often. >>> Also allows me to run VMs comfortably. >>> >>>> You might be right, maybe I'll add one HDD for backup (good suggestion). >>>> The killer is my 1TB SSD $499.99CAD >>> Get 1 SSD for the OS, software and your home directory. (240GB is usually >>> enough) >>> And 1 big HDD for your data. >> I think I'll get rid of Extended Warranty and take a this 1TB SSD >> >>> Keep your documents and other data out of the home directory if doing >>> this. >> I'm not sure I understand. Why keeping document our of the home dir.? > Here is how I do it: > > 1 SSD (small, but big enough): > - OS + Software + Home directories > > 1 HDD (Large) > - Documents, Media,.... > > The reason I do it this way is: > - SSD is fast and a lot of software tends to use the home directory for it's > data, configuration,.... > > Problem with SSD: They are expensive when getting the bigger versions. > > - HDD is a lot cheaper and documents tend to be read once, edited for a > lengthy period, then written once. Which is fine for HDD. > > > The only exception I have to the above is my laptop. > That one has a large SSD, but only because of the G-force restistance... > > -- > Joost > >
One added benefit, you just back up the one drive and you have all your personal stuff. The rest can be replaced by just reinstalling the OS, unless you have a backup for that too. . Mine is sort of like this only I don't have a SSD. My OS is on a fairly fast drive and my personal data is on a much larger drive, slightly slower. Looking back, I should have left /home on the same drive as the OS and just put my "Documents" directory on the large drive. It just didn't occur to me at the time. If I bought a SSD and put it in my rig, that's how I would do it. Everything on the SSD except my personal documents stuff. Those little .* directories inside /home/<user>/ get read quite often, that seems really true for web browsers and such. Having those on a really fast drive should improve things a bit. If ya got it, may as well put it to use. Dale :-) :-)
