Internal SSD for VI libraries

I'm thinking of moving my sample libraries (Kontakt etc) from an external Firewire to an internal SSD.  I have a Mac Pro tower circa 2010.  Any thoughts on brand, size or other issues I might look at.  It's costly and I'm wondering if the increase in performance is worth it.

Hey Dan,

 

Remember that the Mac Pros are SATA II, so they top out at 3 Gbs. SATA III is in all current computers and is 6 Gbs.

The fastest connection on your Mac Pro is the PCIe card, which is 5 Gbs. USB 3 is 5 Gbs theoretical maximum.

 

Better off trying an Inateck USB  3 PCIe card with a WD Black or Toshiba X300 with 128 MB of cache inside a USB 3 enclosure. I use the ones from OWC.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Ports-PCI-E-Express-Version/dp/B00I027GPC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1496182988&sr=8-2&keywords=inateck+usb+3.0+pcie

 

https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/ME3UHKIT0GB/

 

https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Toshiba/HDWE160XZSTA/

 

The SSD will be fast, but you're using the Sata II connection.

And reading from the replies on this forum apparently you need an SSD if you're using East West libraries.

Thanks for the info....Let me see if I've got this straight.  Install the USB 3 PCI card (does it then interface out the back?)  That will out  perform my current FW800 port?  Then, whatever USB3 7200 drive I choose would be faster (and probably cheaper) than an internal SDD?  

 

Thanks

 

hope you are well.

d

Yes, the usb 3 card has four ports in the back.

Those ports will be at least twice as fast as your FW800.

 

I'm not saying that the internal SSD is gonna be slower, what I'm saying is that the bottleneck for the SSD is gonna be the internal Sata connection on your mac pro.

I have a 2009 mac pro and I put an SSD for my system drive and the difference is remarkable when it comes to booting and launching programs.

So you're gonna spend a lot of money for a 1TB SSD that might not be that much faster than a spinning drive going thru the PCIe card.

This is all in relation to the hardware you have, because we can't get Thunderbolt with these machines, just usb 3.

I would try the external HD route first thru usb 3. At least you get a killer project HD for audio for not that much money and a lot of storage.

Thanks for the info.

d

I just picked up two of these:

 

https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/SSDACL6G.S/

 

To connect a new 1TB SSD and another one that I currently have running through the SATA II port.

 

Would I be better off with an enclosure and USB3 interface card for the second SSD (EW Composer Cloud drive)?  It would allow me to take my sample library with me, but it seems at a big speed cost

 

The benchmarks for the USB3 look like half of the 550MB/s that the Accelsior is spec'ed at:

 

 

• USB 3.0
  
  • 219 MB/s Read and 219 MB/s Write

Accelsior S: 

 

• Read: up to 550MB/s - this depends on mechanism installed
   
  
• Write: 530MB/s - this depends on mechanism installed
  

 

Scott