Searching a bit from the Net, I believe the 32G SSD is more likely act as a
cache:
http://thessdreview.com/our-reviews/nvelo-dataplex-ssd-caching-software-review-seven-msata-ssds-prove-an-amazing-concept/
"Dataplex manages the entire hard drive and caches the ‘hot’ data while
leaving the ‘cold’ data on the hard drive. The software actually learns and
remembers which applications and data are used most and retains that
information on the SSD. A great example of this occurs during system start
up."
Also:
http://download.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/intel_smart_response_technology_user_guide.pdf
It is a way to use lower cost to give the computer faster read/write
response. But I'd prefer a larger SSD for system and temp files as the SSD
is more affordable now.
What I don't like is the ultrabook, it has poor cost/performance ratio,
unless you really need a longer battery life and touch screen. The ultrabook
is more expensive, slower and not much lighter than a standard notebook.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>I don't think I'd like that arrangement. It's not clear what goes onto
> the SSD and the striping between the two would likely double the failure
> rate.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 6/25/2013 5:45 PM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>> The HDD and SSD are organised as Raid0 as one logical C: drive of a
>> nominal 532GB. (Well not quite that simple, there are some other small
>> protected partitions for Recovery, swap, etc.) This gives a big speed
>> increase but not quite as much as by dedicating the SSD to the OS.
>> This is a new concept to me so I only understand the first few
>> paragraphs of what I find in Wikipedia etc.
>> Jez
>>
>> On 25/06/2013, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Is the SSD the boot drive?
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/25/2013 12:56 PM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>>>> Rather a spur-of-the-moment thing but John Lewis (department store
>>>> across
>>>> UK) had a clearance and I plumped for an ex-demo laptop.
>>>>
>>>> It's an HP Envy 4-1103ea which means it's an 'ultrabook' (read: no DVD
>>>> built-in) and has a touch screen, a 3rd-gen i5 processor, 8GB ram, a
>>>> 500GB
>>>> harddrive and a 32GB SSD. Sockets include HDMI to drive second monitor
>>>> and
>>>> USB 2 and USB3. Of course built-in WiFi and Bluetooth but also WiDi
>>>> (look
>>>> it up!)
>>>>
>>>> And Win8. If it hadn't been for the touchscreen I'd probably have gone
>>>> back to Win7 but I'm slowly learning Win8 (in other words I'm learning
>>>> how
>>>> to make it look like Win7 :-)
>>>>
>>>> I'm waiting for my external DVD to come from Amazon so I have some
>>>> stuff I
>>>> can't install yet, but I'm having fun playing with it :-)
>>>>
>>>> End of news bulletin.
>>>> Jez
>>>> (for enquiring minds £595 with 3-yr guarantee)
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