SSD concerns

[fatguy_poolshar]

So, I just got a SSD. I run several VMs with programs that begin on startup. I expected at least some change between "power on" and the start of those programs, BUT, so far I have seen zero increase in speed with a SSD. Wondering if my system has a bottlekneck elsewhere I need to take care of or if I am looking at/for the wrong things.


Crucial M4 128gb in my

HP p6625f

AMD x4 635

16 Gigs of Ram

Stock everything.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

 

[Elixer]

How are you measuring this ?
If your VMs were I/O bound, then SSDs can help greatly.

 

[fatguy_poolshar]

Well, i was basing it on the speed at which the VMs go from "power on" to fully loaded and launching startup applications. I also tried moving various programs over to the SSD and launching them from the HDD vs the SSD and the times were within a second of each other.

 

[Binky]

What SSD?
Is your OS running from the SSD?
What is your Win7 performance score on the SSD?
>>>Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Performance Information and Tools
Did you do anything like move your pagefile to the regular HD?

 

[sequoia464]

Are you running that SSD in IDE or AHCI ?

 

[BFG10K]

What was your old mechanical HDD? If you were running a VelociRaptor then you won’t see much difference unless you get into heavy I/O.

 

[kmmatney]

I run a lot of VMs and have several SSDs. To be honest, I haven't noticed that much difference in the startup times with an SSD. My VMs all startup pretty quickly (they are all TinyXP) even when I run them from an external USB HDD. I have noticed that SSD allow me to multitask better while running a VM, especially is running more than 1 VM.