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About Virtual Machine & Fragmenting your SSD

GLiffjOhn
Level 7
Sup guys!!! Just wondering is it safe to have a virtual machine? if so whats the best set up for it like what is the best Memory for storage and Ram set up? Also im using SSD a 128gb samsung SSD should i defrag my SSD once in a while like what i do when i used to in my HDD?

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Samsung 830 128GB SSD
500GB W'D Caviar Black HDD
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ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z/GEN3
Intel i5-2500k @ 4.5mhz 1.270vcore
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ThermalTake Frio running at 1300-1400rpm
EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit
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TenBlade
Level 11
From personal experience I can´t recommend defragging SSD, even if whatever maintainance program tells you, it´s safe and you should do it...
Defragging a harddisk is for reducing the sum of the physical distance, the needle has to travel to obtain the required data from the disk. An SSD has no moving parts. Just keep the SSD filled up no more than about 80% or so, for ot to function properly.

Zygomorphic
Level 17
Virtual machine is fine, same as installing another OS to the drive. Keep in mind that an SSD will have limited number of writes per cell, and a second OS working off the SSD will hit that limit much faster. Otherwise, you shouldn't have any problems. The VM should be lightning fast. :cool:
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Area_66
Level 11
The best is to install the VM in another drive than your OS, so both OS ( host and virtual ) will not try to access the same drive at same time.

Area 66 wrote:
The best is to install the VM in another drive than your OS, so both OS ( host and virtual ) will not try to access the same drive at same time.


so i can do that??? coz i have a 500gb WD black HDD which i no longer use? is it really possible to install it in my HDD?

Cooler Master HAF 922
Samsung 830 128GB SSD
500GB W'D Caviar Black HDD
G Skill Ripjaws X (2x8gb) 1866
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z/GEN3
Intel i5-2500k @ 4.5mhz 1.270vcore
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W
ThermalTake Frio running at 1300-1400rpm
EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit

Area_66
Level 11
Of course you can, you can even use the HD himself instead of create a virtual disk. What is the Hypervisor you will use ( the VM software ) ? I'm very addicted with VM stuff.

Area 66 wrote:
Of course you can, you can even use the HD himself instead of create a virtual disk. What is the Hypervisor you will use ( the VM software ) ? I'm very addicted with VM stuff.


so if i connect my HDD again it will come up as disk:(G) or something right like a storage i can run install the VM and run it from that HDD? Im using VMware workstation actually my friend is doin it for me i dont really mess with that VM im only using it to run 2 games that i play at the same time so that i can boost ^_^

Cooler Master HAF 922
Samsung 830 128GB SSD
500GB W'D Caviar Black HDD
G Skill Ripjaws X (2x8gb) 1866
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z/GEN3
Intel i5-2500k @ 4.5mhz 1.270vcore
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W
ThermalTake Frio running at 1300-1400rpm
EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit

Area_66
Level 11
With VMware WS you can run few VMs at the same time with your 16 GB. What game is this, all true VMware WS support 3d acceleration it as limitation.

GLiffjOhn
Level 7
http://soldierfront.aeriagames.com/ its this game!!! so that should do it right? i will reformat my pc this sunday then after installing my main OS at my SSD i will plug the HDD and use it like a storage then install the VM at HDD. Also should i set up the HDD as NTFS file or someting different?

Cooler Master HAF 922
Samsung 830 128GB SSD
500GB W'D Caviar Black HDD
G Skill Ripjaws X (2x8gb) 1866
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z/GEN3
Intel i5-2500k @ 4.5mhz 1.270vcore
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W
ThermalTake Frio running at 1300-1400rpm
EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit

HDD should be NTFS. When you create the VM, it should ask you where you want to put the gigantic VM file (a file that your VM thinks is a drive) and you select somewhere on the HDD.
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