thewireguys 3 Posted November 19, 2010 Has anyone tried recording video to an ssd? I am going to order a drive and test but I would like some feed back first? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted November 19, 2010 Wouldn't recommend it unless there's specific benefit to using flash memory (eg. mobile systems, etc). Besides the WIDE variations in actual performance from one model to the next, flash memory is known to have a finite life of read/write cycles. While there's much debate over the realistic usable lifespan, for the cost/capacity point, I don't know that I'd want to risk it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thewireguys 3 Posted November 19, 2010 Yea I know about he read/write limits but I need something for high/low temps and I would like to see what happens with video on them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rory 0 Posted November 19, 2010 I wouldnt bother, waste of money, the constant writing, it wont last very long. todays hard drives stay pretty cool, I put in a blue WD drive in the middle of the summer in a PC in a room with no AC and no fan and only 1 window which was closed and this HDD was recording 24/7 .. it actually was not that hot and has been running fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sawbones 0 Posted November 20, 2010 I wouldn't do it, unless you have some other reason for going SSD (temperature tolerance, shock/G resistance, etc). The cost-per-gigabyte is so high with SSDs that there is absolutely no reason to use them for routine video storage. For a drive to hold the OS? Sure... but for storage, get standard hard-drives. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rory 0 Posted November 20, 2010 Well okay I wouldnt say dont do it alltogether, this is for a test right? Sure go ahead and test it and let us know I think it will work but for how long is the question. Also some SSDs are very slow but some are very fast, much faster than HDDs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CCTV_Suppliers 0 Posted November 20, 2010 We are using SSDs as system drives - both for operating system and applications. We did not select SSDs for pure speed bumps or exceptional performance, rather for reliability reasons. Started with 16GB drives and now 32GB. We tested systems with SSD drives for both OS/Application and for storage and overall performance was "sick" fast. The video playback speed was something we never seen before. Retrieval of clips was yet another record breaker too.. but... Price for higher capacity SSD drives was out of this world - over $500 for 250GB unit in large quantities and no customers are willing to pay for such performance vs. cost. It was an interesting experiment that yielded a decision to start using small capacity of SSDs for OS and applications only mainly for stability and reliability reasons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sawbones 0 Posted November 20, 2010 I've used SSD drives in firewalls, PBXs, and other high-reliability devices. SSD + linux + fanless system = great uptime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thewireguys 3 Posted November 20, 2010 Thinking about giving this one a try... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226152 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thewireguys 3 Posted November 20, 2010 Thinking about giving this one a try... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226152 I will only be recording 1 camera to it so I don't need a lot of storage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rory 0 Posted November 20, 2010 Thinking about giving this one a try... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226152 up to 285 read and 275 write thats gonna be flyin .. 135 max for most current HDDs, 90 max for the WD green AVs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
