From: Dave Goodyear <dave@kb2networks.com>
Date: July 7, 2012 3:06:01 PM MDT
To: "Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com" <Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Super speed recording solution
Why would replacing the HDD with an SDD be an applecare issue? I have a 15" MBP early 2011 that has applecare but replaced the hdd with an ssd sata3 512gig. Put the stock apple drive in an external Usb enclosure. And use the external drive for calibration files and large video.
Just FYI. Seagate's free agent goflex drives are external usb3 drives that gets power from the usb port. What i have found so awesome about these drives is that they have a removable usb3 to sata cable attached to the enclosure. This allows you to remove the cable and attach it to any internal sata drive and make it external usb 3.0 without the enclosure attached. No need for eSATA to USB3.
I have a corsair p3-128 ssd that i use as a bare external drive using the seagate cable attached to usb 3. I just transfered a 1.5 gig setup file to it at 160MB/s from my RAID 10 array.
Dave Goodyear
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On Jul 7, 2012, at 1:45 PM, "milton_aupperle" <milton@outcastsoft.com> wrote:
Hi Folks;
One throughput issue I have been having is that my MBP 17" has a slow drive - topping out at about 65 megabytes per second. Since I still have about 18 months on my Applecare left, I am reluctant to replace the drive with something faster - like an SSD. My Grasshopper 2 camera can deliver 30 fps @ 1384x1036 16 bit over FireWire 800 which is 82 megabytes (MB) per second, so I need at least 90 MB / sec. I'd also like to avoid the using an external drive with need for power and be as portable as possible.
Since I have the USB 3 express card from my failed USB 3 Camera support investigation, I have been looking into USB 3 flash drives that use the Mass Storage protocol. I finally found one :
"Patriot Memory - Supersonic Magnum USB 3.0 Flash Drive"
that looks like it is a winner. It's fairly expensive ($110 CDN for 64 gig / $230 CDN for 128 gig), but the rates are really impressive at 200 MB/Sec read rates and 110 MB/Sec write rates. I have seen 3rd party reviews for Windows with this drive which confirm those through put numbers too.
So if you have a fast IIDC Camera, want to maximize the throughput and have USB 3, you might want to look at it.
TTYL..
Milton Aupperle