Making sshd external

[ganithestar]

I am having lenovo y50 70, with 1tb sshd. I want to install 1 ssd and want to make sshd to external. I saw some videos which helps to make hdd to external with some third party cases. But I want to know the impact with same process, as I want to make sshd external. How much will it impact on read and write speed?

 

[RealBeast]

Yes, you can remove it and use an external USB case or caddy, if you get a USB 3.0 model it will have quite good speed although not like being on an internal SATA connector.

And personally, I prefer the caddy models that have a separate power supply and allow use of 2.5 or 3.5 inch drives since they are more versatile and reliable from the point of having enough power for any drive.

 

[Karadjgne]

All depends on how it's done. If you case mod a Sata connection, there'll be no loss as the sshd will still be a Sata-Sata connection. It'll just be sitting outside of the case vrs sitting inside. If you convert to USB3, then you might get some loss as it'll depend on the traffic your USB is using in the laptop. If forced to use USB2, then you will get loss, but it'll be a conditional thing as the sshd is going to be a storage drive, not the OS drive, and programs/files will be loaded through the sshd cache initially, writing/reading as needed or when time permits, so after initial load, you'll basically still be running ssd speeds from the sshd, but waiting on transmission speeds via USB. With small/normal files, it shouldn't be an issue, with large files (talking 4Gb+ files, not programs) then you'll see some slowdown, but with the OS on ssd, that'll be minimized.

It's still a good move overall.

 

[RealBeast]

That laptop has 2 USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0 connectors (no eSATA), and the hydrid drive is only a 5400rpm model IIRC.

 

[Karadjgne]

No worries with 5400, it all goes to the 8Gb cache first at the front of the drive. Gets written to the hdd as time allows or if pushed there by large files. For all intents and purposes, it's basically another ssd for normal usage. Read speeds are not usb dependent as it's internal to the drive. As long as Op sticks to the usb3 protocols he'll be good.