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Post by tonycamphd on Apr 12, 2014 11:05:03 GMT -6
Is anyone using SSDrives as secondary storage for storing sessions/audio files? I'm currently running disk based drives in the secondary positions, and i'm wondering if there are any advantages/pitfalls in using SSD's in there that i'm not aware of? I figure one small advantage is no spin up noise when u track in the same room as your tower.
any advise is appreciated
Thanx fellas
T
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Post by Johnkenn on Apr 12, 2014 17:04:55 GMT -6
I would say money...that's the big pitfall.
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Post by tonycamphd on Apr 12, 2014 19:18:49 GMT -6
250 gig is jst over a c note? That's good if it has some advantages in use?
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Post by popmann on Apr 12, 2014 20:05:16 GMT -6
For audio--the only real advantage is the ambient noise (lackthereof)...and advantage at REALLY high track counts at high sample rates.
Still--I use a magnetic....I wouldn't BUY one today for a DAW. Simply no need.
The price/vs space thing is an outdated thing. Once you're over 250....wtf are you putting on there? I'm of the opinion everyone needs some redundant HUGE multi terabyte magnetics--I have one on the network and a USB3 external that gets backed up to. Why do I care about having a lot of local storage on a DAW? That implies I'm actively working on THAT much stuff at once? I mean--if it's on the NAS or USB drive, I can transfer it locally in the time it takes me to go upstairs and pour another cup of coffee...
But, I don't think it's going to functionally bring a lot of performance. The system drive will bring HUGE performance. Samples drives will bring even HUGER....audio...ehh--it's more why would you WANT the moving parts and the noise making and extra heat in the box?
FWIW--I think ADK told me they've benchmarked something like 90+ tracks at 96khz from a single (and now older) SSD--thus no longer do magnetic RAID arrays for ANYONE. Keep in mind--that's 90 simultaneous tracks. The 1D10Ts who claim they need 100 tracks are NEVER talking about running 20-30 of them at the same time. Or they count "midi tracks" or "mixer channels" in the count. So, if there's any advantage it's in knowing your drive will NEVER give up...no matter what kind of silliness you throw into a project.
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Post by Johnkenn on Apr 12, 2014 20:44:45 GMT -6
I guess as a write-to drive...didn't know they were that cheap
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Post by RicFoxx on Apr 12, 2014 22:38:59 GMT -6
I've just upgraded to Pro tools HD Native and with disk Caching this is a non issue. I've never had a daw run smoother even my old HD core system! Samples run on sata drive in usb3 enclosure and session files to TB drive all on a Mac mini. 7 years ago I dreamed of a smooth running system like this without dropping 15k.
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