I want this!!!!

IftiBashir

IftiBashir

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Like many others, I use an external HDD as my scratch/render disk while I edit (using FCPX).
Even though Im connected using one of the fastest interfaces possible (ThunderBolt), the bottle neck is the speed of the drive itself. With a typical drive you're looking at around 100MB/s speeds, depending on make and model of the drive.

Of course we can go with an SSD - where we can achieve much higher speeds - lets say between 300-500MB/s depending on the make an model of SSD.

Now we have PCIe SSDs rather then SATA!
Mainly used in MacBooks and the new MAC Pro for the moment, but my 1TB PCIe SSD in one of my MacBooks is averaging speeds around the 900MB/s mark.
For a quick explanation on PCIe watch this video from 4:28 onwards.....

So I have a high speed MacBook, connected via a high speed interface to an external scratch/render disk - but the external disk is slow....

I WANT THIS!!!!

http://www.lacie.com/uk/products/product.htm?id=10621

Dual PCIe drives running in RAID, giving a whopping 1375MB/s speeds!!
Thats INSANE speeds!!

Would LOVE to get that beast in my setup!!! 1TB would probably cost around £1000 I reckon (price is currently unknown), but I'm dreaming.......lol!
 
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Pfft, 1GBPs? That's nothing, I'm getting like 2mbps, beast, right? And 1TB SSD will cost you allot... Cheapest 64GB SSD costs around the same as a decent 500GB HDD.. xD
 
I saw the PCI-E SSDs are more useful for servers than your average computer user, a normal SATA SSD should suit the needs of most ppl =P
 
UltimateKirbyBoi said:
I saw the PCI-E SSDs are more useful for servers than your average computer user, a normal SATA SSD should suit the needs of most ppl =P
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Not necessarily - a basic file server, for example, can be pretty fast with just a standard RAID5 array, and otherwise lower specs. Many of the servers I support are pretty old spec, but have fast RAID5 arrays to deal with the client requests, and they work perfectly fine as basic servers.
A client-end video editing machine needs a faster constant stream to render/scratch files. Especially with content higher then 1080p.[DOUBLEPOST=1391340863,1391340776][/DOUBLEPOST]
Andrew Flint said:
My gosh. That looks and sounds AMAZING! :O
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Also consider that you could get 2 or 3 of these drives (up to 6 in total I believe) and RAID them all together!!
Imagine the speeds!!! lol
Thats crazy insane awesome stupendous fast!
 
IftiBashir said:
Not necessarily - a basic file server, for example, can be pretty fast with just a standard RAID5 array, and otherwise lower specs. Many of the servers I support are pretty old spec, but have fast RAID5 arrays to deal with the client requests, and they work perfectly fine as basic servers.
A client-end video editing machine needs a faster constant stream to render/scratch files. Especially with content higher then 1080p.[DOUBLEPOST=1391340863,1391340776][/DOUBLEPOST]

Also consider that you could get 2 or 3 of these drives (up to 6 in total I believe) and RAID them all together!!
Imagine the speeds!!! lol
Thats crazy insane awesome stupendous fast!
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Agreed, it can help big time for video producers dealing with High Quality, Big File Size 1080p videos, if you're going a 1tb SSD Setup it can be expensive, and RAID 5 would be expensive with 1tb SSDs, although you can just imagine the speeds.. xD
 
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