Hi Jimmy,
I don't think that using an SSD as OS Drive is a good idea because of the lengthy write time associated with flash technology. Moreover, the reliability figure is about 100000 write per cell which will be hit quite soon if there is the swapping area.
I would see this device as a write once, read often disk, so better adapted to a sample storage usage.
cheers
Michel
Solid State Discs For Samplers
I will give it a try Sunday and see what all of the hype is about.
It reminds me of when Dual CPU mobo's like the Tyan Tiger w/ 2 x AMD CPU's really didn't show but a small percentage of increased power, but everyone surely noticed how snappy the screen refreshes and overall smooth experience w/ maybe 8 to 12 % increase of power.
I would love to use a cheaper small one for O.S.+ Apps for the quietness and low heat factor.
We shall see.
It reminds me of when Dual CPU mobo's like the Tyan Tiger w/ 2 x AMD CPU's really didn't show but a small percentage of increased power, but everyone surely noticed how snappy the screen refreshes and overall smooth experience w/ maybe 8 to 12 % increase of power.
I would love to use a cheaper small one for O.S.+ Apps for the quietness and low heat factor.
We shall see.
Well here ya' go,
Using the SSD ( Drive ) as an O.S. + Apps. solution is the ticket as it is noiseless, and has no heat, but warm to the touch...............BFD !!
As a streaming app. storage option, there are no benefits. The applications way of having the RAM ( nanoseconds ) retain a 64k buffer for the sample, which then streams the remaining memory from the HDD, is optimised for that use. If Tascam wanted to re-do their application for bypassing the RAM buffer and going directly to the flash drive ( SSD ), there could be benefits to the polyphony. But we already are having 640 + voices from 10k Raptors.
Our Conclusion:
Silencing the DAW w/ a 64GB SSD for Apps. + O.S. is a perfect way of reducing power, heat, and noise.
But to be practical, one must remove the remaining HDD's to an eSATA 1U rack, preferrably w/ no RAID or JBOD. This would allow the ability to use other components w/ low noise mag-lev fans, for a truly silent, cool, low power DAW.
In a few years SSD's should be mainstream, but they will still be dependant on the application software.
Can You Tell I Was Qouting My Buddy?
He does know his DAWg's, and really has his Mac video chops together.
Hasta Luego Putos.
Using the SSD ( Drive ) as an O.S. + Apps. solution is the ticket as it is noiseless, and has no heat, but warm to the touch...............BFD !!
As a streaming app. storage option, there are no benefits. The applications way of having the RAM ( nanoseconds ) retain a 64k buffer for the sample, which then streams the remaining memory from the HDD, is optimised for that use. If Tascam wanted to re-do their application for bypassing the RAM buffer and going directly to the flash drive ( SSD ), there could be benefits to the polyphony. But we already are having 640 + voices from 10k Raptors.
Our Conclusion:
Silencing the DAW w/ a 64GB SSD for Apps. + O.S. is a perfect way of reducing power, heat, and noise.
But to be practical, one must remove the remaining HDD's to an eSATA 1U rack, preferrably w/ no RAID or JBOD. This would allow the ability to use other components w/ low noise mag-lev fans, for a truly silent, cool, low power DAW.
In a few years SSD's should be mainstream, but they will still be dependant on the application software.
Can You Tell I Was Qouting My Buddy?
He does know his DAWg's, and really has his Mac video chops together.
Hasta Luego Putos.
not all flash mem is created equal ... 
I've had a SanDisk 1GB for a while, which performed remarkably well.
But that was a stripped down Win98 and I allowed it only a fixed 64MB or so swap thingy just to make it shut up
At least I never ran into trouble due to swapping - but then... no Office or IE I-dunno-what either...
cheers, Tom
I've had a SanDisk 1GB for a while, which performed remarkably well.
But that was a stripped down Win98 and I allowed it only a fixed 64MB or so swap thingy just to make it shut up
At least I never ran into trouble due to swapping - but then... no Office or IE I-dunno-what either...
cheers, Tom
Good deal either way.
A 5 year warranty on certain models.
I am quite sure they know people will be using these for streaming and system discs.
The sheer amount of apps my friend uses will be a good test no doubt.
We have our own Guinnea Pig.
Besides I won't upgrade for a while. My P35 combo works flawlessley and the whole 64bit thing is still not inevitable.
Hell I don't even know if XITE-1 will be out this summer. $^&*(^
Just Kiddin'.
I will run XITE-1 w/ the P35 until I feel an upgrade is vital.
The DP35DP has room for 8GB's of RAM, eSATA connectors, PCI-e and everything I will need to keep working.
Once XITE-1 grosses a few large, I can look forward to the results of the SSD, 64bit, etc.
I am not a very good Guinnes Pig !
A 5 year warranty on certain models.
I am quite sure they know people will be using these for streaming and system discs.
The sheer amount of apps my friend uses will be a good test no doubt.
We have our own Guinnea Pig.
Besides I won't upgrade for a while. My P35 combo works flawlessley and the whole 64bit thing is still not inevitable.
Hell I don't even know if XITE-1 will be out this summer. $^&*(^
Just Kiddin'.
I will run XITE-1 w/ the P35 until I feel an upgrade is vital.
The DP35DP has room for 8GB's of RAM, eSATA connectors, PCI-e and everything I will need to keep working.
Once XITE-1 grosses a few large, I can look forward to the results of the SSD, 64bit, etc.
I am not a very good Guinnes Pig !
I remember that being a question on "Who wants to be a Millionaire"Neutron wrote:Cuy is guinea pig. It’s a traditional food in Peru and Ecuador.
and yes, Karnickel is quite tasty, too. and I'm sure there is a tradition to eat them, somewhere.
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