[Leica] Computer Question

[john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)]

Any reason you are using a laptop for this? I would get a multi-disk 
workstation with plenty of RAM.....

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Thanks, Frank.  What I would like to speed up is the acting on commands.
>  If my computer is doing several things at a time (it is always scanning) 
> the
> response to commands in LR and PS can be very slow.  Opening and saving
> files is pretty fast.  I have everything as fast load DNGs.  What I had 
> hoped to
> do was to put the LR catalog on the SSD drive.  It would not be storage for
> any files.
> 
> I have the enclosure and have hooked the SSD drive up to my laptop.  It 
> uses
> 2 USB cables for power and also plugs into the eSata port.  The blue light
> comes on but, so far, the computer has not recognized the drive.  I got a
> message that the driver for my new hardware was not installed.  Don't know
> where to go from here.
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> Tina
> 
> 
> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 3:29 PM, 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_
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> > ?ie=UT
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> >
> > 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?
> >
> >
> >