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Chewing up hard drives
Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 5:13 am
by greyhoundcode
Will testing and developing PHP using EasyPHP/XAMPP/whatever have a noticeable effect on my hard drive performance?
I'm thinking in terms of the fact that, for instance, everything has to be 'bootstrapped' on every single page load.
Or am I barking up the wrong tree?
Re: Chewing up hard drives
Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 12:37 pm
by califdon
I know nothing about the software you referred to, but as a retired manager in the Development Engineering department of a major hard drive manufacturer, I can tell you that there will be no measurable difference in wear and tear on your hard drive due to small differences in the software you use. Possibly if you ran a program that forced your hard drive to perform seeks constantly, 24 x 7, it might reduce the life of your hard drive by some tiny amount.
Re: Chewing up hard drives
Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 1:07 pm
by greyhoundcode
The software packages referred to are basically just bundles providing for WAMP development. Thanks for the reply, that pretty much answers my question.