http://mobilitysite.disqus.com/enWed, 06 Apr 2011 08:28:08 -0000http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/10/ssd-growth-powered-by-unlikely-source/#comment-179021838<p>I've been running SSD for a couple of years and you don't need a 400GB system partition. I've run on a 60GB system partition before, and yes that was a bit on the tight side. 120GB is probably a good balance between capacity and cost, but if you can afford it 240GB (what I have now) is enough for the OS, applications, the photo's I'm currently working on and a couple of VM's.</p><p>Most of your 'stuff' doesn't get accessed anyway, just run Treesize and look at the last access date for your data. Look at the size of everything that was accessed in the last month, and this is a good sizing estimate for SSD - obviously leave a bit of overhead for OS components that aren't always used and for growth. Everything else can go on a much cheaper HDD. I guess we all got lazy when 1TB and 2TB disks came out, SSD makes you think about data management again, but the rewards are worth it.</p>Gadgets InsolitesWed, 06 Apr 2011 08:28:08 -0000