SSD Management with SCM

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Setting up a new computer, my first time with SSD.

OCZ Agility 3 240GB and 16gb ram, dont think the rest matters wrt this question but can provide if needed

Major concern is SCM, we use svn and git. Projects are normally lots of text files (source code) could be hundreds to thousands of files, and relatively fewer binary assets like images. When you work with a scm it will add its own .git or .svn files into the project increasing the number of files. I'm not exactly sure how often these are read/written and obviously we do not make source code changes to every file in the project during a week (or even a year)

Should I get a HDD to perform development on?

Related to general idea, should I also use a HDD for torrents, dvd/bluray burning, and virtual machines? We use VMware a lot and have to test on different linux distros.

Or are modern SSD good enough to handle all of this in a 4-5 year lifespan?

 

[Nothinman]

We're just now coming up on the 4-5 year mark for the first consumer SSDs and a number of them had firmware issues and such so I think it's hard to say what a "modern" SSD can handle right now. I wouldn't think that an SCM would be a problem because the firmware wear leveling should keep frequent updates from killing individual cells. The only thing you mention that I would be leery of putting on an SSD is vmdks just because there is a lot more I/O going on there.

 

[darckhart]

fwiw, i've been running several VMs regularly from my ocz vertex (indilinx) for about 2.5 years now and the health tool says green 98%.

 

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cool good to know, thanks!

 

[razel]

are modern SSD good enough to handle all of this in a 4-5 year lifespan?

Yes, don't worry about lifespan. Ignore the majority of old SSD information out there. They have matured quickly and should be treated as plug-n-move-on-with-life-now-that-you-spend-less-time-on-a-PC.