bengalrick Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 So I got the OK to upgrade my hard drive from my wife, but not sure if I want to get a SSD drive (about 128 GB's) or regular hard drive (2 TB's). Roughly the same price... I don't do much gaming currently. I do a lot of photoshopping, converting videos... I am always tinkering with something so more speed on my OS will def be handy. So my question is, what are people's take on solid state drives? Prices seem to have dropped to affordable levels. Should I wait until I can afford a larger SSD drive because from what I'm reading the larger the drive, the better it is. I would probably be running Ubuntu on the new drive exclusively... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 I will [b]never[/b] go back to spinning disk for my OS. Ever. I have my OS on SSD and my files on spinning disk in a RAID 1. I store no files on the SSD and take a weekly image backup so if it fails I just throw a new one in and restore the image. Seriously, Ubuntu on SSD [b]screams[/b]. Windows 7 isn't exactly pokey either. In conclusion: Do eeeet! Dooooo eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalrick Posted November 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 lol. I think I will. I wish I had 400 or 500 bucks for more memory than 128 GB's but I think I'm going to go for it. Thanks for your opinion Elfocko. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 [quote name='bengalrick' timestamp='1353699562' post='1183532'] lol. I think I will. I wish I had [b]400 or 500 bucks[/b] for more memory than 128 GB's but I think I'm going to go for it. Thanks for your opinion Elfocko. [/quote] What [b]is[/b] your price range? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalrick Posted November 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 [quote name='Elflocko' timestamp='1353699881' post='1183533'] What [b]is[/b] your price range? [/quote] 100-150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 256 GB for $180: http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.aspx?IMODULE=CT256V4SSD2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalrick Posted November 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 cool thanks... I'll give this one a look. Did you do a quick google search or do you know this brand/model specifically? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 I've been buying memory from Crucial for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Hell, here's a SanDisk for $150: [url="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171701"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171701[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalrick Posted November 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 awesome thank you sir! I am going to compare those two and see if I see any performance differences. I tend to go with word of mouth (which is why I asked how you knew about that one) but Sandisk is a good company too and 30 bucks is a lot in my wifes eyes I finally got my apple tv, ubuntu, and xbmc working right so having a bunch more memory isn't worth it and I am def going with the SSD... I love Linux/Ubuntu but sometimes getting things in the right order to work can be frustrating. But it is worth the headaches in the long run because it is a thousand times better OS and is free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Good deal. And keep in mind, most performance issues with an SSD will be negligible\imperceptible compared to spinning disk... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishBengal Posted December 24, 2012 Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 [quote name='bengalrick' timestamp='1353964425' post='1185317'] awesome thank you sir! I am going to compare those two and see if I see any performance differences. I tend to go with word of mouth (which is why I asked how you knew about that one) but Sandisk is a good company too and 30 bucks is a lot in my wifes eyes I finally got my apple tv, ubuntu, and xbmc working right so having a bunch more memory isn't worth it and I am def going with the SSD... I love Linux/Ubuntu but sometimes getting things in the right order to work can be frustrating. But it is worth the headaches in the long run because it is a thousand times better OS and is free. [/quote] Hey bengalrick, I'm curious about Ubuntu. Tried it few years back and couldn't get wireless internet working. Does the latest version cater for wireless internet? Also, re SSD's, a major advantage I've found is they are SOOO much faster than the old IDE drives. Just upgraded to Crucial 128MB SSD a few months back, works like a dream. I'm envious you got a system with Ubuntu running! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted December 24, 2012 Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 [quote name='EnglishBengal' timestamp='1356382554' post='1198774'] Hey bengalrick, I'm curious about Ubuntu. Tried it few years back and couldn't get wireless internet working. Does the latest version cater for wireless internet? Also, re SSD's, a major advantage I've found is they are SOOO much faster than the old IDE drives. Just upgraded to Crucial 128MB SSD a few months back, works like a dream. I'm envious you got a system with Ubuntu running! [/quote] I've yet to run into a device that Ubuntu doesn't run out of the box on since version 8 or so. In fact, I've had laptops with Intel wireless cards that couldn't connect to our Cisco Wireless Access Points (mainly because Intel's 64-bit wireless drivers blow goats) yet Ubuntu worked fine. Hell, I installed 12.04 on an HP DL380 G8 server just last week, and those things have only been out about 6 months. It picked up the RAID controller with no problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalrick Posted December 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 I concur... You shouldn't have any issues with drivers with Ubuntu. Biggest problem I see is the learning curve but if your willing to learn and do some research, Ubuntu is unbeatable. Still waiting on getting the SSD. I had to wait until I got a award coming to me and it always takes forever... Still on the horizon though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 I liked linux mint better than ubuntu. But it is more of a personal thing. You can easily change wither distro to suit your needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Mint has always had a stellar UI, but I found having to reinstall the OS every time I wanted to upgrade maddening. Their Debian offering is pretty damn slick as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalrick Posted December 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 I used to use CentOS while I was in school because a lot of my classes used it, and it made it easier to do work at home. It was great for installing and such but just didn't look.... nice. But I've used Ubuntu ever since. No great reason though why so I have to ask, what linux distribution do you guys prefer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Server: CentOS or Debian Pre-Fab Virtual Appliance: [url="http://www.turnkeylinux.org/"]Tunkey Linux[/url] <--- Seriously, other Sys Admins; if you haven't seen this it's cool as shit. Just FYI Security\PEN Testing: [url="http://www.backtrack-linux.org/"]BackTrack Linux[/url] (Though I've started migrating to [url="http://code.google.com/p/security-onion/"]Security Onion[/url] as it allows me to have a free-standing IDS running on the network at all times in addition to PEN testing) Home\Media\Porn Surfing: Ubuntu 12.04 running gnome 3 (Because Unity really sucks that much), or PCBSD (technically UNIX) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Turnkey looks pretty cool. will have to look at it a bit closer. I am a big fan of debian for servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 [quote name='Ben' timestamp='1356586613' post='1199649'] Turnkey looks pretty cool. will have to look at it a bit closer. [b]I am a big fan of debian for servers.[/b] [/quote] Being able to upgrade the kernel without rebooting = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 We use Debian on some of our servers because there is a SPARC version. The rest is CentOS and OpenBSD. I have some oracle dbs whose online redo logs are on raided SSDs. If our developers would write code with Oracle in mind it would smoke. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Elf, so for turnkey linux, which appliances have you used? I wonder about differences in quality between the various appliances. We are begrudgingly getting ready to think about deploying a domain controller and local (to us) email. I still think googlemail would be a better solution to our e-mail "problem." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 [quote name='CincyInDC' timestamp='1356708940' post='1200032'] Elf, so for turnkey linux, which appliances have you used? I wonder about differences in quality between the various appliances. We are begrudgingly getting ready to think about deploying a domain controller and local (to us) email. I still think googlemail would be a better solution to our e-mail "problem." [/quote] The quality usually hinges on the application itself as opposed to the underpinning LAMP stack. In [b]production[/b] I've used: LAMP Stack Drupal 7 Joomla SugarCRM Plone At home I've used ownCloud I've yet to have a show-stopping issue, and the appliance automatically installs security updates at 2 AM. Quality has been top-notch on all of those I've used. And bringing mail in house is a gigantic pain in the ass. Hope your employers know that they're going to need another 1-2 FTE's just to manage that and the associated firewall\security issues. One of the best parts of my job is that Exchange is hosted at the Corporate HQ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 I don't think my employers know much about what kind of effort anything in IT-infrastructure takes. Moving e-mail from our hosting provider (domain factory via IMAP/POP3SHOOTME) is supposed to put us in a position to permit sase-16 and/or ISO-xxxx compliance. This kind of makes sense since with our provider we can indeed delete e-mail, whereas with an in-house option we can set it up so users cannot. As with most things, teaching and enforcing process is probably more important than hosting e-mail vs. not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluhartz Posted March 1, 2013 Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 I just put a 120 gig Samsung 840 series in my Macbook Pro today. When I upgraded to Mountain Lion it gave an option to also save it to a thumb drive.. i did that.. So I installed it on the SSD...I wanted a fresh install, I have heard cloning an HDD to SSD was not suggested.. This was my first experience with a reinstall on my Mac....probably about the easiest thing I have ever done. I bought a OWC Data Doubler too..so i can have two hard drives(goes in the optical bay), that should be here tomorrow. Damn this thing has so much more pep now.. I really thought it was already bad ass, but it's even better now. SSD for the desktop seems like the next logical step now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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