[Leica] Computer Question

[billcpearce at cox.net (Bill Pearce)]

I live in a city that houses the R&D arm of a major server and storage 
company, and a friend works there. He tells me that the company is 
entertaining takeover proposals from the other two larger competitors, and 
if those happens, they will have the money to move from large hard disc 
based storage to what they refer to as flash memories, which is generally 
thought to be more robust and faster.

This info may make you more comfortable with the storage method, but I 
wouldn't expect it to make you more comfortable rooting around in your 
computer.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Geoff Hopkinson
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 3:53 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Computer Question

Frank that is not all correct. Information written to an SSD does not
disappear when you power off. They certainly can be used as swap drives
though, They certainly do read and write faster. That is what they are for.
Perhaps you are referring to using a USB flash drive as a RAM addition for
the ready boost function in Windows?

Tina in simple terms a Solid State Drive (SSD) is effectively a much faster
to access version of your standard hard drive. They are now commonly used
by enthusiasts especially instead of a traditional type as the main or at
least first drive in your computer.For example the current fast and light
laptops called ultrabooks typically have only an SSD.
In an enthusiast photo computer you can use multiple drives, one for your
operating system, another for the swap files of Windows or the camera raw
cache for,Photoshop and Lightroom etc another perhaps for bulk storage.
SSDs still cost much more per Gigabyte than traditional hard drives though.

It really depends on how comfortable you are inside your computer. I would
suggest for most people it is best to have professional help although just
adding an SSD and setting the camera raw cache to it is not too difficult.
The drive is usually put in an adapter that lets you put it in a spare bay
in your case and connected with a single data cable and a power cable. In
Ps and Lr preferences you then point to the new drive instead of the
default that was created in your main drive.
You may want to review your whole system though. To give you some ideas
what is possible, here is an article by a local professional expert. There
is a lot of other useful information on his site too. Be warned this
article is abut a real enthusiast level computer specifically for hard core
image professionals ;-)
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http://www.imagescience.com.au/kb/questions/141/Build%20a%20powerful%20PC%20for%20Photoshop%20and%20other%20imaging%20applications
>


*Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 27 May 2013 05:29, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote:

> I reviewed the specs and manual that you got with the drive.....
>
> First,, let me ask you what about your computer is "slow"?  Opening files?
> Saving files? LR4 or PS (whatever) version is slow to act upon commands?
> Other?
>
> Another way to ask that question is to ask you what did you expect this
> product to do for you?  ( same possible answers as above)
>
> The item you bought is a SSD, Solid State drive.  Its purpose is to speed
> up
> the OS, speed up frequently used files, etc.  It replaces the mechanical
> HDD
> with a solid state one.. My understanding ( and I could be wrong) is that
> upon starting up the computer, the CPU takes files from your regular old
> boot HDD, and copies them over to the SSD.  Then, when needed, the CPU
> accesses the files not from the mechanical HDD, but rather this SSD.
> Significantly shorter delays, significantly faster speeds of those files 
> on
> the SSD.
>
> Having said that, the SSD does NOT save any files permanently.  Shut off
> power, and it goes blank.  Nada.  Nothing. Saving or accessing files will
> be
> as slow as before.  They will be saved on the mechanical HDD.
>
> What I would say is that the SSD will accelerate the CPU operations that
> are
> cached, including applications like ( and I say MAYBE here) LR4 or PS
> whatever, and OS, but ( in your specific case) also including those parts
> of
> a  file that are cached during image processing.
>
> It will NOT speed up the storage of files.  Either write or read.
>
> Does this help you to understand what you bought?
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009LI7CTY/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00?ie=UT
> F8&psc=1
>
> I thought it would be an external drive that I could hook up to USB but
> it's
> not!  There are evidently ways to install it in a drive bay, which I do
> have.  What do I need to do that?  Is there any way to use it as an
> external
> hard drive or would that defeat the purpose?
>
>
>
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