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<blockquote data-quote="MikeFromMesa" data-source="post: 1797206" data-attributes="member: 305741"><p>I stopped using spinners some time ago when I realized that an ssd was much, much faster and when the cost had dropped back into the realm of reality, so I would not want to go back to a physical platter drive. However SATA ssds seem limited to about 500MB/s write speeds and are even lower when used with usb 3 enclosures.</p><p></p><p>A couple of things puzzle me about all of this. My experience with TB drives is that usb 3 is actually faster, so I have been reluctant to spend the extra money for the TB drives. Perhaps TB2 is better, but I can't seem to find them anywhere locally or online, do so I do not know. When I do a search on Amazon for TB2 ssd what I get is a load of usb 3 ssds and, on top of everything else, even my fast UASP compatible ssd enclosures with SATA ssds inside show constant dropping of transfer speeds as I let the BlackMagic app run a series of tests. The results start out at relatively high speeds (420 MB/s read, 300MB/s write) but then drop down to less than 150MB/s read and less than 100MB/s write, so I am not sure that I am even getting reasonably fast access over time.</p><p></p><p>The cost of ssds, either pre-configured as enclosures or bought and then placed in enclosures, is not high but I think that really fast access ssds, if they are available at all, are probably very expensive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeFromMesa, post: 1797206, member: 305741"] I stopped using spinners some time ago when I realized that an ssd was much, much faster and when the cost had dropped back into the realm of reality, so I would not want to go back to a physical platter drive. However SATA ssds seem limited to about 500MB/s write speeds and are even lower when used with usb 3 enclosures. A couple of things puzzle me about all of this. My experience with TB drives is that usb 3 is actually faster, so I have been reluctant to spend the extra money for the TB drives. Perhaps TB2 is better, but I can't seem to find them anywhere locally or online, do so I do not know. When I do a search on Amazon for TB2 ssd what I get is a load of usb 3 ssds and, on top of everything else, even my fast UASP compatible ssd enclosures with SATA ssds inside show constant dropping of transfer speeds as I let the BlackMagic app run a series of tests. The results start out at relatively high speeds (420 MB/s read, 300MB/s write) but then drop down to less than 150MB/s read and less than 100MB/s write, so I am not sure that I am even getting reasonably fast access over time. The cost of ssds, either pre-configured as enclosures or bought and then placed in enclosures, is not high but I think that really fast access ssds, if they are available at all, are probably very expensive. [/QUOTE]
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