Hello,
I run Windows 7 64 SP1 (in case that matters),
and I'm a C++ developer, and my project is pretty big - there are thousands (and maybe even tens of) of files in my
project. We use Visual Studio as our IDE and compiler. While I compiling, the compiler does a lot of IO operations.
Usually my computer is useless while I'm compiling.
And to the question:
I have 2 HDs. One I use for the OS and program installations, and the 2nd one for data (all of the project
checkouts, virtual machines, ...).
My 2 HDs slightly differ. They are both 7200 RPM, but one of them has a 16MB cache and one only 8MB. The
documentation says the first one can handle burst of 6MB/s and the 2nd only 3MB/s. All the other parameters are the
same.
Which one should I use for the OS and which one for the data drive?
Performance benchmarks have shown that the HD is a bottleneck in my computer.
And a follow-up: I expect to replace one of the drives in a SSD in the near future. Should the SSD contain the OS,
the data, or both (if possible, volume-wise)
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
I run Windows 7 64 SP1 (in case that matters),
and I'm a C++ developer, and my project is pretty big - there are thousands (and maybe even tens of) of files in my
project. We use Visual Studio as our IDE and compiler. While I compiling, the compiler does a lot of IO operations.
Usually my computer is useless while I'm compiling.
And to the question:
I have 2 HDs. One I use for the OS and program installations, and the 2nd one for data (all of the project
checkouts, virtual machines, ...).
My 2 HDs slightly differ. They are both 7200 RPM, but one of them has a 16MB cache and one only 8MB. The
documentation says the first one can handle burst of 6MB/s and the 2nd only 3MB/s. All the other parameters are the
same.
Which one should I use for the OS and which one for the data drive?
Performance benchmarks have shown that the HD is a bottleneck in my computer.
And a follow-up: I expect to replace one of the drives in a SSD in the near future. Should the SSD contain the OS,
the data, or both (if possible, volume-wise)
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.