HDD or SSD

[Wirezfree]

Yes, They are quick, I have a variety of Samsung SSD's, , 840 EVO & PRO and 850 EVO & PRO
NOTE:
There are are some issues reported with various SSD's under Linux, I posted that somewhere.??
But I have yet to experience any issues myself...

Some comments,
there was an issue when installing Windows on SSD's they did not install at the correct sector, and gave performance issues.
On Linux after many, many, many installs, I never had an issue, you can check correct install with the following, it should result in "0"

Code:

$ sudo su
[sudo] password for [user]:
blockdev --getalignoff /dev/sda1
0
blockdev --getalignoff /dev/sda2
0

To do a quick speed check..., this is my 840Pro, testing my sda drive

Code:

dave@asus-mini-1:~$ sudo hdparm -t --direct /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Timing O_DIRECT disk reads: 1514 MB in  3.00 seconds = 504.54 MB/sec

for comparison, this is my WD Black 2.5" spinner, supposedly the fastest consumer 2.5"

Code:

dave@asus-mini-1:~$ sudo hdparm -t --direct /dev/sdb
/dev/sdb:
Timing O_DIRECT disk reads: 324 MB in  3.01 seconds = 107.52 MB/sec