I have not taken the plunge into the goodness which is SSD. Before I do, I'm trying to come to terms with what I'd like to do first.
Having a dedicated SSD for the OS (W7/64) as the boot drive seems to make sense. I think I'd only need 120G for that. Is that about right?
I would load ALL my applications onto hard-drives. The ONLY program which I would ever put on C:\ would be Windows.
The harddrives would be 4 or 5 WD, Caviar Black 1TB drives in a Raid 5 array. (I have several of them already. I like them. ) Any program I ever install would go onto this array. Call it drive "D".
Additionally, I'm hearing that the Z68 mobo's allow an SSD to be installed and used purely as a cache drive. I understand that is about 1/2 the speed of an SSD as the "C" drive, and is useful when you don't have an OS on an SSD.
Would the addition of a cache drive, say 64 or 128 Gig, speed up the programs on the "D" array?
Would using a group of physical platters as my program file install location wipe out any speed/response benefit of using an SSD for just the OS? (Meaning, does the speed benefit of an SSD only occur when programs are INSTALLED on the SSD, rather than how I've described what I'd like to do?)
My goal is to have a LOT of redundant storage and a fast system. Yeah, I want my cake and I'd like to eat it, too.
Thanks for any help!
Ken
Having a dedicated SSD for the OS (W7/64) as the boot drive seems to make sense. I think I'd only need 120G for that. Is that about right?
I would load ALL my applications onto hard-drives. The ONLY program which I would ever put on C:\ would be Windows.
The harddrives would be 4 or 5 WD, Caviar Black 1TB drives in a Raid 5 array. (I have several of them already. I like them. ) Any program I ever install would go onto this array. Call it drive "D".
Additionally, I'm hearing that the Z68 mobo's allow an SSD to be installed and used purely as a cache drive. I understand that is about 1/2 the speed of an SSD as the "C" drive, and is useful when you don't have an OS on an SSD.
Would the addition of a cache drive, say 64 or 128 Gig, speed up the programs on the "D" array?
Would using a group of physical platters as my program file install location wipe out any speed/response benefit of using an SSD for just the OS? (Meaning, does the speed benefit of an SSD only occur when programs are INSTALLED on the SSD, rather than how I've described what I'd like to do?)
My goal is to have a LOT of redundant storage and a fast system. Yeah, I want my cake and I'd like to eat it, too.
Thanks for any help!
Ken