[Colchester] SSDs are cheap but what if you're even cheaper?

[Martyn]

Um!

No!

Thank you. 8)


On 25/08/2019 22:02, Wayland Sothcott via Colchester wrote:
> Yeah I'm a cheapskate. I bought some SATA III SSDs for £9 each on ebay!
> The problem is they are 'only' 60GB. You need to combine with a HDD 
> (spinning rust)
>
> Here's how to use them.
> 1. Install Linux flat with no partitioning onto the SSD (ok yeah it 
> makes boot and swap but everything is in /)
> 2. If building a PC then you move /home onto it and then mount it as 
> /home
> 3. If building a server then it's the same except you do it with /var
>
> There are tutorials how to do this.
>
> There is a different way to use the SSD to speed up your computer: bcache
> This allows you to use a partition or your whole SSD to cache your 
> HDD. The problem I found was you must format your HDD partition using 
> the bcache file system.
> This means it's a total arse if you need to read that hard drive in a 
> different computer because your OS has corrupted.
>
> Anyone here interested in Windows may like to know about 
> elitebytes.com MaxVeloSSD.
> You can stuff a small cheap SSD into an existing Windows machine that 
> boots from an HDD and add MaxVeloCache and instantly get SSD boot and 
> program loading speeds. I've experimented with this and took a PC that 
> reports 70 second boot time and 7 second MS Word loading and getting 
> 17 second boot time and 1.5 second MS word loading.
>
> The Linux software is free but the Windows version costs £7. However 
> the Windows version gives you instant results but the Linux version 
> requires a new build.
>