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Post by tonycamphd on Apr 11, 2016 21:27:28 GMT -6
I have a 90 gig SSD drive, and I ended up getting a samsung 250gig SSD to write to, then i'll use a pair of hitachi 2T spin drives to back up everything.... twice, and i'm going to use backblaze as well, that should give me plenty of redundancy and some peace of mind.
I will make a nightly disk image via timemachine of my 90gig ssd OS drive on the pair of 2T spin drives, and use the 90gig ssd till it fails, then i'll transfer the 250gig ssd to the OS drive, and get another 250gig to write to, rinse/repeat, seems a decent plan to me.
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Post by tonycamphd on Apr 12, 2016 9:15:57 GMT -6
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Post by wiz on Jul 13, 2016 16:05:44 GMT -6
I am thinking of trying a SSD drive as my audio drive for logic. I have been using the same LACIE D2 Firewire drive for maybe 8 years I reckon.
I have the option of Thunderbolt, Firewire 800 and USB 3.
I assume Thunderbolt is the fastest, but its a question of price vs performance to some degree for me. I don't do super heavy track counts, maybe up to 30 when stacking backing vox,... but they always get submixed.. most mixes run sub 20 tracks.
Would USB3 be sufficient and is there a particular SSD drive I should be looking out for?
cheers
Wiz
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Jul 13, 2016 16:33:25 GMT -6
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Post by stratboy on Jul 13, 2016 16:33:25 GMT -6
My SSD work drive is USB3. Samsung EVO. So far, so great!
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Post by wiz on Jul 13, 2016 16:36:44 GMT -6
My SSD work drive is USB3. Samsung EVO. So far, so great! Hey stratboyso, USB3 poses no through put issues? What sort of track count you typically use? cheers Wiz
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Post by wiz on Jul 13, 2016 16:39:15 GMT -6
I just did a quick search .. it appears the samsung EVO has issues under OSX.. something about the recalibration requiring PC.
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Wiz
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Post by mulmany on Jul 13, 2016 17:10:53 GMT -6
I just did a quick search .. it appears the samsung EVO has issues under OSX.. something about the recalibration requiring PC. cheers Wiz Go with a samsung pro or owc sata III 6G. Usb3 is plenty fast, but I would look at a combo interface usb and tbolt. More options down the road.
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Post by kcatthedog on Jul 13, 2016 17:17:19 GMT -6
Hey wiz,
I put 2 owc ssd's in my mbp and installed myself: no problems.
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Post by wiz on Jul 13, 2016 17:36:24 GMT -6
Hey wiz, I put 2 owc ssd's in my mbp and installed myself: no problems. thanks... I have to do external. Geeze, the more i read (also one problem of the net, is outdated info) ... TRIM GARBAGE COLLECTION SLOWING DOWN OVER TIME COMMAND LINE ENTERING TO ENABLE TRIM MODE geeze..... 8) my eyes are glazing over... I Just want to plug a drive in my iMac to get more performance... and not think about it.. like I have with my Lacie FW for the last million years... LOL!!! cheers Wiz
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Post by stratboy on Jul 13, 2016 17:47:57 GMT -6
My SSD work drive is USB3. Samsung EVO. So far, so great! Hey stratboy so, USB3 poses no through put issues? What sort of track count you typically use? cheers Wiz no issues at all. Mixing my last cd, I was running track counts of 20-40 on a fully loaded 2013 mini. As others have said, USB3 is plenty fast enough. I bought my SSD a couple of years ago now, so have no quarrel with others here who recommend alternatives to EVO. I'm sure the technology has gotten better. I don't keep anything on the ssd unless I am working on it, and even when I am working, I back up to a glyph and a raid every night. hope this helps, Wiz!
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Post by stratboy on Jul 13, 2016 17:50:09 GMT -6
Hey wiz, I put 2 owc ssd's in my mbp and installed myself: no problems. thanks... I have to do external. Geeze, the more i read (also one problem of the net, is outdated info) ... TRIM GARBAGE COLLECTION SLOWING DOWN OVER TIME COMMAND LINE ENTERING TO ENABLE TRIM MODE geeze..... 8) my eyes are glazing over... I Just want to plug a drive in my iMac to get more performance... and not think about it.. like I have with my Lacie FW for the last million years... LOL!!! cheers Wiz I sympathize! At today's prices, just buy a raw ssd and a usb3 case and try it out. No harm!
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Post by kcatthedog on Jul 13, 2016 18:07:32 GMT -6
Wiz, you can put ssds into your imac. OWC sells the parts as a kit including the tools you need and has a how to video to show you how to do it ! eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/imac
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2016 23:05:45 GMT -6
wiz, once you experience the speed-up, you would agree it's worth all hassle, no matter what, to mount ssds into your computer and do everything required. Personally i would decide to transfer the OS from old hdd to SSD in a heartbeat for the performance boost... Worth it.
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Post by kilroyrock on Jul 14, 2016 5:39:10 GMT -6
I am seriously considering a 3 disk SSD Raid, but it doesn't sound like you should be writing to that for audio, which would mean, 4 drives to purchase, plus enclosure, and I'm looking at 1K minimum if not 1500. Buying hard drives is as sexy as buying 500 series chassis'.
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Post by stratboy on Jul 14, 2016 18:20:22 GMT -6
Try this. BUFFALO LinkStation 220e Diskless Enclosure RAID NAS Personal Cloud Storage and Media Server - LS220DE It's $79 at micro center. Does RAID 0 and 1. Load it with two 2 or 3 TB spin drives, set it for RAID 1 and you have a lot of reasonably safe local backup storage for $250 or less. Use SSDs for work and OS, you are set.
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