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Striped (RAID 0) SSDs using 2x Intel X-25M Gen2 160GB (SSDSA2MH160G2C1) in 17" uMBP
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Not sure what is going on...single SSD or striped SSDs...doesn't matter...boot time to desktop is still around 30 secs (from the time I hit the power button, NOT from the gong)...reset PRAM and SMC...no change... any ideas? anyone?
Repair permissions twice from 10.6 dvd's disk utility and do a disk repair. It always help me when bootup time for ssd get slower.
Yeah, that should help boot time about as much as rubbing bat oil on the network cable will help.
Seriously though, permissions will either allow or deny access to a certain file, it won't help boot times. And doing it twice is just a waste of time.
Most likely the boot time is because of the RAID array being initialized, I wouldn't worry about it. Why would you turn off a machine like that anyways, use it
Seriously though, permissions will either allow or deny access to a certain file, it won't help boot times. And doing it twice is just a waste of time.
Most likely the boot time is because of the RAID array being initialized, I wouldn't worry about it. Why would you turn off a machine like that anyways, use it
We're discussing the difference between 18 and 30 seconds. Who cares as long as actual usage see's the real speed gains via your setup?
Your not really going to gain that much with Raid O with the reads so your boots will be pretty equal. What it will do is increase the writes and that will be the biggest kick running in Raid O. Most likely hitting the wall on the reads with the OS but the write times are not close to hitting the wall so there is room to grow there. I increased my write times quite a bit going Raid O with my SSD which are pretty much the same as yours only 80gb each.
One thing you can do is also check what spotlight is searching on. I have everything off except to look in folders this will help on boots. If it is searching several drives and applications and such obviously it will take longer
So this thread has gone from 100% boasting to 1000% epic fail.
Don't be jealous...I can afford epic failure
Thank you for this wisdom. There are some decisions I will be making soon, just general life stuff... Is it OK if I pm you the questions so you can decide for me?
Honestly, the best way to bench is in Windows. Everyone seems to use Xbench but it such an old program. It hasn't been updated in three years. Any optimization is minimal at best.