Does it make sense to use an SSD drive for VirtualBox/KVM virtualization?

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phpnewbie2012-05-12 00:26:14

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phpnewbie, 2012-05-12 00:26:14

Hello.

Now puzzled by buying a laptop. For development purposes, in addition to the host system (I plan Ubuntu 12.04), it will be necessary to drive several virtual machines (Debian, Centos, Win7).

So I’m thinking - does it make sense to take an SSD for these purposes - a disk (that way 250 GB)?

In addition to the system itself, I will mount /var/ there, where virtual machines and program code that is being developed directly on the host will be stored.

Ideally, I want to increase the response from virtual machines and their performance.

Has anyone tried doing this?
Maybe there are pitfalls? Or is the resulting benefit not worth the "candle"?

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Andrey Nekhaychik, 2012-05-12
@gnomeby

I am using Intel X-25M. Definitely worth it, virtual machines noticeably accelerate. And especially their hibernate.

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MT, 2012-05-12
@MTonly

With the help of an SSD, everything that is connected with parallel reading of a large amount of data from different parts of the disk is accelerated. This obviously also applies to virtual machines.

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almazmusic, 2012-05-12
@almazmusic

If the laptop is on Sandy, then it's worth it, believe me. In the beech there is 160 Intel 320th, in the desktop - Crushial 128GB M4, even on the server there is 40 old 320th. And for any pies you will not drive me back to the screws. Of course, except for the garbage.
Virtual machines are very fast, and as you have already noted, hibernate is almost instantaneous. Actually, like any OS that is on a solid-state drive.
So don't even try to doubt.