From: "Steve Oakley" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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Subject: Re: [AE] NVME for AE & PR editing
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 13:04:55 -0600
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IOPS are what you want for any app thats caching frames. those are =
smallish 1-maybe 32mb files. use a dedicated SSD with the expectation of =
killing it with high write cycles, but you=E2=80=99ll probably still be =
running it just fine 4-5 years from now :)

My setup is  512gb system SSD, 1TB dedicated cache, a 2nd 512gb SSD =
thats still running fine as backup cache or music work. Audio is much =
more demanding for latency and small I/O and really benefits from a SSD =
once you are 40-60+ tracks in.

S

> On Dec 21, 2019, at 7:14 AM, Evan Fotis Georgoulakis =
<AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> wishing a happy holiday season!
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> We are about to upgrade  an oldish pc, and a quick  look shows the =
prices of nvme-M.2 drives have dropped dramatically. Perhaps not of the =
top of the line 970 Evo & Pro ones but the "slower" cheaper QLC ones =
like Intel 660p & Crucial P1, which have reached the price of ordinary =
ssd drives that have more than 4x slower speeds (~ 100$ for 1TB drives).
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> Would they be a better choice for PR & AE  for fast I/O read and write =
operations  than a regular ssd and if not why? Do they degrade faster =
over time are meant only for read operations?
> any caveat to make us prefer regular ssd's?
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> Thank you
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