Optimizing Vegas 12 over multiple drives

[Sonic 67]

That is based on Asmedia 1061 chipset. There are numerous cards based on that chipset, one now at $10 (I have it): https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124045&cm_re=asmedia_1061_sata_host_controller-_-16-124-045-_-Product
And they are all only x1 PCI-E (so IMO they are good for only one SSD):
https://www.asmedia.com.tw/eng/e_show_products.php?item=118

[John Rofrano]

[Sorin Nicu] “That is based on Asmedia 1061 chipset. There are numerous cards based on that chipset, one now at $10”

Yes, you could have just purchased a SATA card and added your own drives. The key thing for me was that it also had external eSATA ports and that I could use it as a boot drive on the Mac. Also the Mercury card is self contained, there is no need for external power for the SSD’s.

Here is another nice SATA III card from StarTech that’s only $34 USD and has external eSATA ports:

StarTech PCI-Express x1 Low Profile Ready SATA III (6.0Gb/s) 2 Int/2 Ext SATA Controller Card

Still only PCIe x1 but good for breathing life into an older computer with SATA II.

[Sorin Nicu] “And they are all only x1 PCI-E (so IMO they are good for only one SSD):”

Yea, the Mercury card is PCIe x2 and I was wrong, it only needs a x2 slot. They recommend placing it in an empty x4 slot on the Mac Pro because 4x is the smallest slot but all you really need is a x2 slot.

~jr

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[Scott Francis]

SSD on the OS drive is a big improvement IMHO as well. Last 4 systems I have built have had them and when I occasionally use another system, I can really tell.

Just added one to my late 2011 MBP and it is like a new computer….especially when booting to Windows…

Xavier (Scott) Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions

[Nigel O’neill]

[Scott Francis] “Just added one to my late 2011 MBP”

Scott, have you experimented with rendering on an SSD only setup?

[Scott Francis] “and it is like a new computer.”

My work has just started replacing our PC’s with laptops containing SSD drives. It is an i7, but I have to say the boot time is about the same as on my old PC because of all the corporate cr*p they have put on it, but I shudder to think what the boot time would have been with a standard HDD.

[John Rofrano]

[Nigel O'Neill] “My work has just started replacing our PC’s with laptops containing SSD drives. It is an i7, but I have to say the boot time is about the same as on my old PC”

I have found that Windows is a big slow lumbering giant regardless of what media you put it on. In my experience, Mac OS X boots considerably faster. On my 2008 Mac Pro, OS X boots to the desktop in 14 seconds while Windows takes 30 seconds on the exact same computer/SSD. I’m guessing my times are even faster on my 2010 Mac Pro because it has SATA III SSD instead of SATA II, I’ve just never measured it.

~jr

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[Scott Francis]

My workstation with an i7, 4790 I believe, boots in 11 seconds with my Samsung EVO SSD drive…Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.

My MBP with SSD and Yosemite and Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit on it as well, from the OS selection screen:
Yosemite – 13 seconds
Windows – 25 seconds
Just timed it….

The Macs at my church are AGONIZINGLY slow since Yosemite has been installed. Like twice as long to boot…i5 or i7’s on them, But some are 5400RMP drives too..

As far as rendering, I HAVE rendered to my desktop (SSD) with smaller projects and I would say speed may have been a TAD faster if a all…I haven’t timed it.

I have an SSD main drive (120GB)
A render to drive (1 TB, WD Blue)
3 Project Drives (3 Hitachi 3TB drives)

This is at least my experience…

Xavier (Scott) Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions

[John Rofrano]

I would be shocked if rendering to an SSD would be any faster. Most renders are CPU/GPU bound and are not waiting for disk I/O.

~jr

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[Scott Francis]

Sorta OT, but booting my Mac Mini at work i7 2.3ghz with 8 gig Ram…59.34 seconds….
SLLLLOOOOOOWWWWW

LOL!

Xavier (Scott) Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions

[John Rofrano]

[Scott Francis] “Sorta OT, but booting my Mac Mini at work i7 2.3ghz with 8 gig Ram…59.34 seconds…. SLLLLOOOOOOWWWWW”

Not surprising. Mac Mini’s don’t come with SSD drives so unless you altered it, I’m guessing it has a slow 5400 RPM laptop drive in it.

~jr

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[Scott Francis]

Correct, however the i5 iMacs are fairly slow as well with 7200RPM drives…These all are with Yosemite….which is interesting as I have noticed ALL our non-SSD drives really slowing down with booting since we updated to the new OS…

I am sure part of the slowness on the Mac Mini’s is the 5400rpm issues… my Mac Mini and MBP with SSD’s are faster, however it seem Yosemite is slower to load as well in my experience….

Xavier (Scott) Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions