I am using an external Lacie Ruggeddisk for running older softwares for support of legacy projects. The software are installed in VMware VMs on the external HD. The external disk is connected via USB3.
This is the solution I have, because our IT dept. do not allow me to place VMs on the local HD (which is an SSD).
This works OK, except for that starting up Windows and starting up the software and loading the project takes an unreasonably long time.
Especially if you just have to quickly check a small thing, the long startup time is annoying.
So I wonder if an external USB SSD would be significantly better.
Since these USB SSD disks are quite pricey, I dont want to jump unless I am certain that it will make a real difference.
Anyone has experience with this ?
This is the solution I have, because our IT dept. do not allow me to place VMs on the local HD (which is an SSD).
This works OK, except for that starting up Windows and starting up the software and loading the project takes an unreasonably long time.
Especially if you just have to quickly check a small thing, the long startup time is annoying.
So I wonder if an external USB SSD would be significantly better.
Since these USB SSD disks are quite pricey, I dont want to jump unless I am certain that it will make a real difference.
Anyone has experience with this ?