Anyone using SSD’s?

[Jeff Schroeder]

Yes I am, System drive & Vegas temp files. I have source files and renders on separate internal (magnetic) drives and long term storage on external drives.

The pros are 240 MB sustained read-write, plus .01 ms seek time. (not bad!) The cons are size. I wish I could have 1 or 2 TB of SSDs.

I keep regular image snapshots of my SSD on external storage, just in case. I have had used the images before, but only to correct a system messed up by Windows Update. Not because the SSD lost anything.

SSD’s work flawlessly in Windows 7, but I understand that with Vista and below extra garbage collection software is needed. (I have only used them with 7.)

I hope this helps,

Jeff

http://www.narrowroadmedia.com

[Mark Prebonich]

I have my OS and program files on a 160GB Intel G2 SSD. I have one magnetic HD for data (video, pictures, music, files), one for backups, and one for raw video clips which I work from and render from. I am considering upgrading my storage in the near future. I may end up going with a small (approx 30GB) SSD for the main video working drive. I may also upgrade the data drive to a larger capacity SSD in the future. For a home enthusiast user this has been working really well so for. I mainly am just taking videos of family trips, and children’s sporting events such as wrestling and hockey.

-Mark

[Fred Robinson]

I have Vegas Pro 9e and all the media and other project files on a 64GB SSD (eSATA-connected), and I have Windows 7 on the internal standard 5400rpm HD. This means I can use my laptop for editing very well indeed. I’m really looking forward to these drives getting larger and cheaper. Incidentally, I’m editing a 20 minute short filmed on 5DMkii, 30fps 1080p, and this set-up is great now. However; BEFORE I added the SSD – it was unusable. Since the laptop has a i7 CPU, 8gig of RAM etc etc, it simply had to be the 5400rpm HDD causing all the bottle-necks. And it was of course.

Fred