Anyone try a Solid-State Disk as PS Scratch Disk?

Has anyone tried using one of the new solid state drives such as the Intel X-18M as a Photoshop scratch disk? These have very low latency and ought to boost performance quite a lot. But I'd rather not spend the money without hearing if anyone's made the jump and likes the results.

I'm waiting for price to come down....the OCZ's are to avoided for now as they have issues with the sata controller bottlenecking the data causing stuttering/freezes.
But, this year should be good for SSD's as we are seeing 240mb/s and 200mb/s read/write speed drives starting to emerge....and the price is starting to fall......a bit...finally.
Best bet is to hold off until the SLC drives are affordable. MLC drives are OK, from what I can tell, but they will be slower.

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Database performance on Solid state disks

Folks,
anyone has experience on running database on solid state disks ? what is the performance improvement ?

Dumb question-- is your database I/O bound? Or is it CPU bound? Or does it spend a lot of time reading data that has been cached in memory?
Many systems will bottleneck on things other than physically reading and writing data to disk, in which case improving disk performance won't help much. Some systems that are bottlenecked on disk performance will actually be slower on this sort of architecture because the faster physical reads swamp some other resource (i.e. the CPU) creating an even bigger bottleneck. Some systems that are bottlenecked on disk performance will be faster with faster disks. That's not something we can predict from a forum post.
As of yet, I haven't worked with a system that would derive sufficient benefit from solid state disks to justify their cost. I'm sure there are systems out there, though, that would.
Justin
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Can I install a solid state disk in my Mac Pro Early 2009?

Can I install a solid state disk drive in my Mac Pro Early 2009? Is there an adaptor?

see here
http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-InstallingSSD.html

My HP Pavilion Notebook can support a solid-state drive (SSD) (also known as a solid-state disk)

Hi,
Product Name dv6-6093ex
Product Number LM610EA
I don't know if my HP laptop can support a solid-state drive (SSD) (also known as a solid-state disk or not.

Thanks a lot,
I really checked out the prices of SSD at amazon.com
However, I found that the prices were relatively expensive.
120 GB
$88.49
250 GB
$132.00
500 GB
$231.99
1 TB
$439.95
Do you think it is worth purchasing SSD? Did you find any noticeable benefits since 439.95 dollars would let me purchase another laptop

X200s Replace Solid State Disk with 2,5 SATA Hard Drive

Hi, i want to replace my Solid State Disk with a regular hard drive. But I found out, that the Carrier in the HDD Bay for Solid State Disks doesn't have the form factor for a regular HD. My new Drive ist a Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500 GB 6,4 cm (2,5 Zoll) interne Festplatte HDD S-ATA 300 Mbit/s 7200rpm 1...
Any Suggestions where i can get a proper HD-carrier for the Bay?
Thanks in Advance,
Sebastian

http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/Thinkpad-X200-X200s-Hard-Drive-Caddy-Rails-Cover-Screws-/350234086652
you need something like this.
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X301 64GB Solid State disk adaptor

Hi Everyone:
Some of you know if this accesory works for a 1,8" 3,3V SSD hard drive. I have a X301 with a 64Gb solid state disk.
This disk:
http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/products/flash/ssd/2008/down/pm800_18_inch.pdf
Works with this accesory?
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-73170
Regards

Sounds like a faulty SSD. Return for warranty repair/replacement.
T61p, T400
formerly x23, x40

Solid state disk

Hi All,
I recently have started using a solid-state drive (SSD) in my laptop, and it really flies (Intel X-25).
However, I am quite perturbed about the performance of Diadem 11.1 in loading files off this disk. Loading medium sized TDMS files (300 MB with 20 MB index files) seems to stall, ie the progress bar does not really move for long periods of time.
There is no problem with the disk, random reads and writes are exceptional on this SSD, and have not noticed this slowdown with any other applications. Any idea what is going on here?
Also, to muddy the situation, I am using this on Windows 7. Reading from a USB hard-drive seems to work as normal, so I figure its not the OS.
Any one else notice these kinds of problems?
nrp
CLA

Brad,
I tried using the load menu, it seems to make a bit of difference in that the loading progress bar goes a bit quicker, but it still seems to take its merry time, around 5 to 10 minutes. The hard drive light on my laptop does not even come on for tens of
seconds at a time when it is loading the original file, then there is a
burst of activity, then nothing again for like 30 seconds etc. Diadem CPU utilisation is very low during all this time and there is nothing else being done on the CPU.
The data is mostly DBLs, about 10 to 15 channels.
Slightly more weird, if I save the dataset once it has loaded (to compact the index file), then the subsequent loads are amazingly quick. I know you are probably thinking its just cached in memory (I have seen this before with a traditional hard disk), but the file loads in about 5 seconds from a cold-boot!
SSDs have very very good random read speeds, so even if the file was highly fragmented it should still be quite quick.
I have a pretty quick laptop (dual core mobile processer) with 4 GB of RAM. I have no problem loading four of these data sets into memory (reloading them after they have been saved), the load goes very quickly and when its done Diadem is happily using 2.5 GB of the RAM and there is no paging to the swap file.
I will never get permission to post the file unfortunately...
Any other ideas?
ps: you are right, 300 MB is more of a baby TDMS file... about 1 GB is medium sized ;-)
Message Edited by nrp on 12-22-2009 09:59 PM
nrp
CLA

Solid State Disk Drive not usable

I installed a Solid State SATA Disk on my SUN Ultra45 yesterday and I can not get it to work!
The disk showes up using the format command and the analyze command ran with out showing any errors, however I can not label the disk because it gives me an error.
The disk is reported as:
2. c1t2d0 <ATA-SuperTalentTec- cyl 15612 alt 2 hd 16 sec 128>
/pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@9/pci@0/scsi@1/sd@2,0
verify gave the following:
format> verify
Warning: Could not read primary label.
Warning: Check the current partitioning and 'label' the disk or use the
'backup' command.
Backup label contents:
Volume name = < >
ascii name = <ATA-SuperTalentTec- cyl 15612 alt 2 hd 16 sec 128>
pcyl = 15614
ncyl = 15612
acyl = 2
nhead = 16
nsect = 128
Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 root wm 0 - 127 128.00MB (128/0/0) 262144
1 swap wu 128 - 255 128.00MB (128/0/0) 262144
2 backup wu 0 - 15611 15.25GB (15612/0/0) 31973376
3 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
4 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
5 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
6 usr wm 256 - 15611 15.00GB (15356/0/0) 31449088
7 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
When I tried to mount it I got:
mount: I/O error
mount: Cannot mount /dev/dsk/c1t2d0s6
I got the following response from prtvtoc:
prtvtoc -h /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0s0
prtvtoc: /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0s0: Unable to read Disk geometry errno = 0x5
What can I do to make this drive usable?
Thanks in advance,
Roger

Did you ever figure out the issue? I'm having a similar issue.

Solid state "disk" problem (additional to benchmark PPBM5 problem)

Just to give the discussion the right name from this point on. The benchmark PPBM5 test, as discussed in an earlier discussion, has led (thanks to Bill Gehrke) to the conclusion that the disk setup is very poor, and possibliy causes the problems in my system.
Asking the company who build the system they answerd that the OS and programma's are located a solid state (principally a faster system than a normal drive) C.
The projects run on two other disks D and E (1T), 7200 rpm and a third disk H (750G) 7200rpm.
The question is:
1.     Does PPRO and Audition accept the "solid state configuration? Can this maybe gives the problem of slow working drives
2.      If solid state is not accepted by Adobe, is is advisable to run the OS (Windows 7) on the solid state C and place all other programms on a seperate disk D?
3.       Or is it advisable to replace the (principally faster) solid state module for a fast normal drive 72000 rpm. with the OS and all the programms on it?

CANStageVideo wrote:
Just to give the discussion the right name from this point on. The benchmark PPBM5 test, as discussed in an earlier discussion, has led (thanks to Bill Gehrke) to the conclusion that the disk setup is very poor, and possibliy causes the problems in my system.
Asking the company who build the system they answerd that the OS and programma's are located a solid state (principally a faster system than a normal drive) C.
The projects run on two other disks D and E (1T), 7200 rpm and a third disk H (750G) 7200rpm.
The question is:
1.     Does PPRO and Audition accept the "solid state configuration? Can this maybe gives the problem of slow working drives
2.      If solid state is not accepted by Adobe, is is advisable to run the OS (Windows 7) on the solid state C and place all other programms on a seperate disk D?
3.       Or is it advisable to replace the (principally faster) solid state module for a fast normal drive 72000 rpm. with the OS and all the programms on it?
1. Yes
2. No
3   If you have a 72,000 rpm disk drive it might be as fast as the SSD

Solid State or Thunderbolt for scratch drive?

My new MacPro is a speed demon - but the internal drive is TINY. I work on huge PShop files, and even with a secondary external drive designated as Scratch Disk, I get frequent promps that boot disk is almost full (its not -just virtual memory overload). So I think the thing to do is have a dedicated (external) scratch disk, that is keep mostly free. I would think that a Solid State drive would be best for speed. But they are $$$. Wondering if I would notice the difference if a Thunderbolt drive was used instead. They are comparatively more affordable, but abut 130mbps as opposed to around 400mbps.
Anyone using a similar setup?
Suggestions?
Thanks

You can still go with a Thunderbolt2 interface with a Thunderbolt case that supports PCIe and add SSDs, I would try to get the new devices, you need less, they are 3x faster than "traditional" SSDs.
Mac Pro => Thunderbolt2 => TB2 expansion case with PCIe slots, using
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Thunderbolt/External-Drive/OWC/ThunderBay-4 $449 (no drives) but dual TB2 interface
and then using the same blade technology as your internal unit you now have, meaning you should be able to use 2+ and get 2.4GB/sec. for your scratch. Basically extending your boot drive with scratch that is at least as fast or a multiple of that.
SATA Express meets the '09 MacPro - Bootable NGFF PCIE SSD ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... Last Page)
http://macperformanceguide.com/topics/topic-SSD.html
http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2014/20141205_1810-OWC-Electra6G-960GB-throu ghput.html
http://macperformanceguide.com/Reviews-OWC-Thunderbay4-SSD-RAID0.html

Anyone used a Solid State Drive to edit in FCPX?

And if so, was editing faster? Either Laptop or Desktop. Anyoen who can share their experiecne would be great.
I use a Macbookpro and I wanted to know before I spend the money on a SDD. Thanks

Dont spend money on an SSD.... Untill FCPx's (Sudden Performance-Descrease) BUG has been fixed.... I have ONLY SSDs... And while they are great when using PPRO for image sequences they give you NO performance boost in FCPx.... If you add an SSD as system drive ALL apps INCL fcpx WILL run faster but reading events and projects are NOT faster...
This app has SERIOUS playback issues... which NO hard drive can EVER fix unless the software is fixed fist. Once FIXED an SSD SHOULD be giving yo MUCH greater power but as of now it wont...
Many WILL disagree with me... BUT... the ONLY thing that will Improve your general performance with an SSD is to install the system on one..... If you dont belive me... Open the console and READ all the errors that FCPx are spitting out every hours... Pixel rounding, openGL etc etc --- errors... are crowding the console...
FCPx will run a tiny BIT faster with an SSD if the system is installed on it but ONLY because it can write virtual memory faster.
Most apps use 1-4% CPU to playback a ProRes 4444 file.. FCPx uses past 100% and whereas is SHOULD be using 4% MAX REGARDLESS of drive speed.
A hard compressed codec uses the CPUs to decode.... an needs LESS disk speed. A LOW compressed codex needs NO (little) processing power to decode the movie... FCPx needs past 100% to decode a NON compressed codex... Go Figure... and go and NOT buy an SSD until those immense performance issue haven been fixed.... which they WILL be... Eventually

Solid State Disk & Memory boost ?

I have Samsung SSD Pro 512GB. and Toshiba qosmio X775 3dv80 laptop.
Is it possible to make a partition on SSD and then use this partition to increase system memory on Win 8.1 Pro ?
Is it usefull or not and what is the limit of partition size for optimum system memory increase ?

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Use of Express Slot Solid State Drive as a scratch drive

Is there a way to allow removeable drives to be used as a scratch drive?
I would like to use an express slot 32GB drive as a scratch drive in windows 7. The drive is loaded
by windows as a removeable drive. When I go to select it in CS4 the drive is not listed.
Windows loads it as a removable disk, not a local disk. If you use a USB external drive like a
western digital 500GB, via the usb port. Windows loads it as a local disk even though it's remote.
The expressslot drive should be plenty fast to drive a scratch drive.
Paul Caldwell

Zirynx:
The main problem with SSD drives is the space limitation. There are also reported difficulties with BootCamp and Windows, but that is not an issue for you. I believe they are available in larger capacities, but they become very expensive as you can see here.
Advantages include being very silent, and very fast.
Installation will be the same as a regular PATA Hard Disk Drive.
If the space limitation is not an issue for you, go for it.
cornelius

Solid State Hard Drive for HP Pavilion Elite m9040n

I seriously considering replacing my "C" drive with a SSD. I've upgraded to 8 G memory, replaced the video card to a Galaxy GT 610. I'm still running MS Vista Home Premium. i'm looking to upgrade to MS 8.1 and office 365. I want a faster boot time and current OS. I DONOT play "Games".
Can anyone recommend a Solid State Hard Drive?
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I am partial to Samsung SSD's. I have installed one in my HP 810-135qe. Here is an EVO 840 - 250 GB:
http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/memory-storage/MZ-7TE250BW
You can use Samsung's Data Migration tool to clone your HDD to the SSD.
You can contact Samsung's Customer Support to make certain that it will work in your computer.
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Texas RamSan Solid State Storage Appliance and Oracle VM 3.x

Has anyone had success with using a Texas Memory System RamSAN 810 (solid state appliance) and Fiber Channel controllers with Oracle VM 3.x
I believe any Fiber Channel device should work as shared storage, but looking for some extra confirmation that there were no issues before actually buying.
Thanks for any information.

886374 wrote:
In playing with OVM 3.0 so far, I see that local storage (as the accelerator cards would show up as) is not really appropriate for Production Systems. It appears I can create a Repository on these physical disks and then present them to the VM guest. Then add these cards as my Oracle ASM disks for my "fast" storage, and do the same with the FiberChannel storage for my "slower" disks. Because of the Local Storage used for part of the VM guest, we would not be able to Live Migrate or have High availability I believe. Is this correct? Correct.
If we have the two servers as mentioned above. Could I take the database VM down and move it to the other server (ie Cold Migration)? The local storage (ie the accelerator cards) could physically be moved from one physical host to the other, but I am not sure, since this is virtualized disk, if this would be allowed or how it could be recognized on the other Oracle VM Server. This might be a "dream", but might be something we would like to do if an emergency arose or if more maintenance needed to be done on Server 1. Any comments?You would have to shutdown the VM, migrate it to an unassigned folder, edit the VM, remove the local storage from Server 1, migrate to Server 2 and add the local storage from Server 2. Whether or not this means moving your hardware is up to you.
Does anyone have other solutions to run Solid State disks (approximately 2TB worth) and Oracle VM, running a single guest that runs the database? We have been unable to find iSCSI or FiberChannel enclosures that can handle solid state drives in the 1 to 2 TB range of capacity. So perhaps there are other enclosures out there that can act as Shared Storage that can operate with SSDs. Thank you for any comments and suggestions.I know the Sun storage appliances use hybrid storage, i.e. a mix of SSD/spinning disks, but I don't know the details. Our Exadata machines have 5TB of Flash storage per cell, so I know we have such options.

Anyone try a Solid-State Disk as PS Scratch Disk?

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