SSD Configuration for Dummies

Quote from Scataphagos:

FWIW...

I find the hassle of multiple drives to outweigh any potential advantages. Breaking your stuff up into multiple virtual drives creates the problem of having to make backup for each drive/partition, one way or another.

If you've got TONS of data, you might want to keep that on a separate drive... though you'd still need to have backups of your OS drive and your Data drive, separately.

I have only about 200MB of data I store, so I keep everything on one drive and make a couple of backup images of that... using Acronis.
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I'd wondered about that. I do like the idea of having things separate drives...the ocd part of me, perhaps. But I'd glad to hear this isn't a make-or-break issue...
 
Quote from tortoise:

I'd wondered about that. I do like the idea of having things separate drives...the ocd part of me, perhaps. But I'd glad to hear this isn't a make-or-break issue...
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Are you "Monkian"... not allowing your peas to touch your meat? :D

Also the more complex your setup, the greater the opportunity for failure on some level.

K.I.S.S. Same as in trading.
 
The smartest thing I did after getting all of my programs, updates, etc... on my new SSD, was to make an image of it. The amount of time it takes to get a hard drive setup with all of your stuff is amazing.

It seems about every 9 months my computer starts to get buggy, so now when that happens I will just install the image I created and save days of torture.

I only have a 128 gig SSD, but it is enough for my needs. If I had a lot of data I would put on a 2nd drive. I just run everything off the SSD.
 
In the days of 32gb ssd's you would put the OS only on the SSD and then the apps on the spinny drive, or a second SSD.

These days even a 128gb or 256gb ssd is large enough to run all of your OS and apps (like MSFT office suite and trading platform). Just use the spinny drive for data, movies, porn, etc.
 
Quote from Tonkadad:

The smartest thing I did after getting all of my programs, updates, etc... on my new SSD, was to make an image of it. The amount of time it takes to get a hard drive setup with all of your stuff is amazing.

It seems about every 9 months my computer starts to get buggy, so now when that happens I will just install the image I created and save days of torture.
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Great advice Tonkadad. I'm doing this now.
 
Quote from tortoise:

Question: I'm a little unclear on the mechanics of how to get TradeStation to save/retrieve .ELDs to the D: drive.
Do I just move the subfolder of the "programs" folder with the .elds over to the D: drive and TradeStation will "know" what to do? Thanks again
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You don't move anything. It is simply a function of exporting/importing.

File Menu - Import/Export Easylanguage - Will launch Wizard.

Choose Export EasyLanguage Documents file (ELD)
Select ELD's to export
Export/Save to Folder of your choosing.

Reverse to import: File Menu - Import Easylanguage File - Select file ...
 
256GB SSDs are cheap... this should be simple...

if using a laptop...

get a 128GB mPCI SSD and a "regular" 2.5" or 1.8" 256GB SSD...

setup the mPCI as your OS/app.... and then basically configure your 256GB as your D: for D:\User where all the temp data and your data will go...

if a desktop

use get two 128GB SSD for OS and 256GB SSD for Data..

D:\USers is the 256GB...

the only reason for having two drives is when you have to go and rebuild your laptop or desktop, you dont want to risk your data... and you can also keep an online backup of the OS on your data drive...

SSD's are now cheap enough that it doesnt matter... not only that.. time is money, so if you crash and it takes you 15 minutes to come back online, that might be lost opportunity.. of course, that is valid if you day trade...

the other day I was rebuilding a computer for my father and I wanted to shoot myself in the head when I realized how long it takes with normal 7200RPM drives... all my laptops and workstations have SSD drives... if you are successful in your trading, dont skimp on tech... that is not to say that you should be stupid and spend $5K on a FusionIO card when you dont need that kind of performance...

use common sense and keep it simple.
 
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