[LAU] SSD for audio

[rosea.grammostola]

On 11/08/2010 05:24 PM, Joe Hartley wrote:
> On Sat, 06 Nov 2010 14:34:32 +0100
> "rosea.grammostola"<rosea.grammostola at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>    
>> On 11/05/2010 03:42 PM, Joe Hartley wrote:
>>      
>>> I just installed 2 SATA drives in my studio system to replace the 3 ATA
>>> drives in there now: an 80 GB for the current projects and a 500 GB 2.5"
>>> mag drive for the OS and all the non-live projects.  This then all gets
>>> backed up over the network.  I'm going to pull the power to the ATA drives
>>> today and see how much it changes the noise generated.
>>>        
>> This is SSD? Why 2.5" and not 3.5"
>> Which size SSD is recommended for a Desktop pc?
>>      
> I went with the smaller drives for a few reasons.  One is that the smaller
> drives are easily obtainable for me.  My company makes storage systems that
> use 2.5" drives exclusively, and have proven the 2.5" drives (at least the
> Constellations) to be both performant and rugged enough for the task, so I
> wasn't worried about the smaller drives lacking in that regard.  The other
> issue was that I didn't have room for any more larger drives (though I'll be
> able to pull them now that the system has proved itself), but I did have room
> for the 2.5" drives.
>
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>> Hmm when I set cpu scaling on performance, the fan of my T61 makes to
>> much noise for a SSD to be valuable...
>>      
> I've been trying to resurrect a T61 a friend had given to me.  It's got a
> known issue with the onboard video memory, so the only real fix is a mobo
> replacement, but in researching that, I found that there's a known issue with
> the T61 and fan noise.  Check out the website
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_control_fan_speed
> There seem to some things that can be done to minimize it.  Good luck!
>
>    
Are ssd drives cooler then normal hdd's?

A normal hdd gets damaged at 55 degrees Celsius more or less, how is 
that for ssd?


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