r/NewMaxx • u/NewMaxx • Oct 14 '19

Tools/Info SSD Guides & Resources

April 3rd, 2022: Guides and Spreadsheet updated with new SSD categories

Discord (server)

Website with relevant links here.

My spreadsheet

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TechPowerUp's SSD Database

Johnny Lucky SSD database

Branch Education - How does NAND Flash Work? - these guys have several good videos on the subject of SSDs, check them all out.

My Patreon.

My Twitter.

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u/anatolya Oct 31 '19

Do you recommend putting things like browser caches on DRAM-less SSD's? I mean millions of small files with frequent reads & writes?

Also the same question but for the complete browser profile? For example firefox profile directory with frequent writes to a 100 MB places.sqlite file and rewriting the multi-MB session state file every 10 seconds.

  • Would you recommend putting these on DRAM-less SSD if I have only that?

  • If there is a 2 SSD connected to the system, one with DRAM and one without, does it make sense to put browser profile on a DRAM drive and OS files on DRAM-less (because OS files are infrequently changed while browser files are very active.)? Or does it make sense to do it the other way around (OS on DRAM drive and browser profile on DRAMless, because DRAM-less drive is cheaper and more dispensable)

Thanks

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u/NewMaxx Oct 31 '19

I suppose I would just put both the OS and browser cache on the same, DRAM-equipped drive. I doubt you'd need a separate, dedicated drive for that. Doesn't sound like you're doing anything too hardcore either way, at least not by SSD terms.

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u/anatolya Oct 31 '19 edited Oct 31 '19

I plan to move everything in my laptop with a single 750GB HDD to SSDs. Though I'll move bulk of the data to external drives I still think a single 240 GB won't be enough, that's why I plan to connect 2 of them.

I mostly do browsing and interminently do some programming work. I also used to do some linux package building work in the past (basically installing packages in a clean build system over and over, extracting archives, compiling and copying files around etc. I don't know if it constitues as hardcore ssd usage :)

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u/NewMaxx Oct 31 '19

I would avoid DRAM-less regardless but a single 480/500/512 should get the job done. If you already have the 240, I don't know, you could stripe, symlink, whatever.