Dan
Recommended SDD size for a Receptor 2+
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- KVRist
- 110 posts since 2 Dec, 2006
In a previous thread I was asking about the potential to upgrade a Receptor 2+... One of the responses suggested an SSD (solid state drive) to replace the hard dive. My question now is the recommended size I might need. I have some sample modeling instruments and FM8 and eventually Sample Tank 2.5 and that is probably all I will deal with for a good while.
Dan
Dan
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- KVRAF
- 7085 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
I don't own one, but it would seem to me that if your heart is set on SSD, then get the biggest one that your Receptor supports and that you can afford.
--Sean
--Sean
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- KVRist
- 103 posts since 10 Jan, 2007
Hi Dan,
You can see what the size & free space on your harddisk is and if you want to delete some plugins you can subtract this. Then you'll know what disk space you use in your situation. Remains the question how much space you want to reserve for future use.
Probably you have a drive of +/- 500 GB. The SSD will be probably between 128 and 300 GB. The problem remains how to get the data from the 500 GB to the smaller SSD. You might need to shrink partitions to get this done, but you risk breaking something then. The safest way would be to backup on another 500 GB drive first.
Best regards,
Fedde
You can see what the size & free space on your harddisk is and if you want to delete some plugins you can subtract this. Then you'll know what disk space you use in your situation. Remains the question how much space you want to reserve for future use.
Probably you have a drive of +/- 500 GB. The SSD will be probably between 128 and 300 GB. The problem remains how to get the data from the 500 GB to the smaller SSD. You might need to shrink partitions to get this done, but you risk breaking something then. The safest way would be to backup on another 500 GB drive first.
Best regards,
Fedde
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- KVRian
- 576 posts since 5 May, 2005 from Canada
Danmack ~ I'm not sure you've stated what the size is of your existing HD.
Regardless, the most important factor here is what is the total size of your existing data?
You may be fine with a 250 GB or 300 GB SSD
Regardless, the most important factor here is what is the total size of your existing data?
You may be fine with a 250 GB or 300 GB SSD
JV
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- KVRian
- 691 posts since 13 May, 2004 from Silicon Valley
Hi everyone,
I have successfully updated a Receptor 2+ Pro Max with an OWC 480g SSD. (still expensive, 1/2 the price of the receptor itself -- though, it used to be the full price of a Receptor!
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Like Fedde suggested, the best way to do this is to stage an image on another HD drive first.
It can be very tricky to downsize from an existing drive. You can use GParted (from a machine running Fedora) to setup your partition sizes. Be warned that Sector math is not simple!
Once you do get partitions to the proper sizes, and are able to boot from a staged HD, you can simply copy everything over to the SSD using 'dd' (low level bit copy). If you have hundreds of gigs to transfer, this can take days!
An easier solution might be to (1) just try to create a boot drive with the correct partition sizes first (using a HD).
(2) after you have this (and proven it boots), copy the bits over to the SSD, and then (3) reinstall any software onto the SSD directly afterwards.
One benefit of doing things this way is that your staging HD becomes a stable 'backup' disk, should you need to start over.
Just some thoughts,
Kevin L
I have successfully updated a Receptor 2+ Pro Max with an OWC 480g SSD. (still expensive, 1/2 the price of the receptor itself -- though, it used to be the full price of a Receptor!
)Like Fedde suggested, the best way to do this is to stage an image on another HD drive first.
It can be very tricky to downsize from an existing drive. You can use GParted (from a machine running Fedora) to setup your partition sizes. Be warned that Sector math is not simple!
Once you do get partitions to the proper sizes, and are able to boot from a staged HD, you can simply copy everything over to the SSD using 'dd' (low level bit copy). If you have hundreds of gigs to transfer, this can take days!
An easier solution might be to (1) just try to create a boot drive with the correct partition sizes first (using a HD).
(2) after you have this (and proven it boots), copy the bits over to the SSD, and then (3) reinstall any software onto the SSD directly afterwards.
One benefit of doing things this way is that your staging HD becomes a stable 'backup' disk, should you need to start over.
Just some thoughts,
Kevin L
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 110 posts since 2 Dec, 2006
Thanks for all of the great responses. I looked at the capacity of what I have on there and it works out to well under 200GB (175GB). I have some sample tank libraries I would eventually add but I think for my purposes I'm looking at a 256GB SDD and that should easily cover the things I am doing for between $300 and $400. That may be a while budget-wise to do but for the time being things are running OK.
Thanks again,
Dan
Thanks again,
Dan