Question: I am wondering if you can give an opinion on either recommending a SSD 280/270 (80Gb) hard drive or go for a hybrid drive e.g. a Seagate Momentus XT hybrid (250Gb)?
I ultimatly would like to use mirror RAID and put Windows 7 ultimate onto this disc. I am a .net developer so I am looking for speed in reading/writing/compiling lots of small files.
Can any one recommend one over the other?
Speed is the most deciding factor here and not size and I am not looking for buying recommendations just an overview why I should choose one over the other.
Answer: I would go with SSD all the way. I have upgraded my system from 7200 to SSD Intel X25M – 160gb and it flies in Visual Studio comparing to what it used to be. Hybrid drive won’t give you such a boost. The only problem is space. On 160gb drive i still have around 40gb free I doubt i will fill it, as i tend to store other files on external drives. So 80Gb may be sufficient but to be safe I would go for 120-160gb. But if you’re short on budget just go with 80GB and keep yourself some external drive for some large files (VM’s or so).