SSD How Much Faster?

dc.901 · 11-19-2018, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by borgward

Good to know. Sometimes my laptop is on for days on end, and other times I am traveling with it and need it to boot quickly. I plan to get a cheap one just to play with, but want to get a good one for permanent use if ssd works for me. Who makes high quality ones? Crucial? - had good experience w/their RAM.

We had problem with Crucial MX series drives; worked with support and eventually learned that those drives are not designed to run 24*7.
There may be different model from Crucial that works in systems that are always on.
Also, we are using the same MX series drives in a non-production machines that are not always on, and have no problems.

sevendogsbsd · 11-19-2018, 07:25 AM

I like my Samsung 850 EVO Pros I have 2: one for the OS and one for my user's /home directory. They were (at the time) around $300 US for the 512 and maybe $250 US for the smaller one (?). That was 3 years ago - both are still going strong - no clue what their "health status" is. If they fail, I have backups.

The Data center drives from Samsung are insanely expensive: 3.8TB is around $1400 US. They are designed for 24/7 though, but out of the price range of most consumers...

cwizardone · 11-19-2018, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by sevendogsbsd

I like my Samsung 850 EVO Pros I have 2: one for the OS and one for my user's /home directory. They were (at the time) around $300 US for the 512 and maybe $250 US for the smaller one (?). That was 3 years ago - both are still going strong - no clue what their "health status" is. If they fail, I have backups.

The Data center drives from Samsung are insanely expensive: 3.8TB is around $1400 US. They are designed for 24/7 though, but out of the price range of most consumers...

As I've said, prices have really come down over the last couple of years. I've recently seen 500 GB Samsung SSDs for 109.99US. Add about 100US for the "Pro" line.

kilgoretrout · 11-19-2018, 10:54 AM

Could you define what you mean by a "functional desktop"? You're systemd-analyze output doesn't look that extraordinary to me given your hardware. Does it take 8min to get to a login screen in Mint 19 or is there a significant delay after entering your login credentials until you get to your desktop screen? The latter would indicate some problem loading the DE that might have a fix. Even with your hardware and mechanical hard drives it should not take 8 minutes to get to your DE.

jefro · 11-19-2018, 08:41 PM

I put a SSD in a goofy Atom 32 bit system and only hoped for more space. It did noticeably speed up the system. I consider the system usable still.

That 8 minute deal is way wrong. Time for clean install and re-test.

A return from sleep could speed up a laptop maybe much more from SSD.

sevendogsbsd · 11-19-2018, 10:13 PM

Even my monster z800 with SAS controllers and RAID boots in under 4 minutes with spinning disks. Granted it's to a TTY and not X, but still...

Samsonite2010 · 11-21-2018, 09:53 AM

So far I have used WD, Samsung, Crucial and Corsair SSDs (all still in my 7 year old Linux machine) and they all perform very well. Xubuntu boots in about 5 seconds from power on - that was incredible. I have SSDs 2 out of 3 laptops and the one without takes a couple of minutes to boot, so will no doubt put an SSD in there at some point (the machine is actually quite new but was cheap due to the mechanical drive).