Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are very welcome Tina. I also recommend Jeremy's site for the wealth of free public information on printing (and all of the associated topics),This is his primary business. *Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 27 May 2013 07:01, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > Thanks, Geoff. That's very helpful. I'm printing out the article. > > Tina > > > On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > 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 ;-) > > < > > > > > 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? > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >