richie wrote:tbeltrans wrote:The limit on the number of writes is approximately 100,000. SSD use an algorithm called "wear leveling" so that the same block in the media is not being consecutively written to.
Tony
It would be fair to assume that Akai did not bother incorporating any sort of TRIM related algorithms into their OS which could be a pro or con based on how well the hard drive handles cleanup. Personally, I'm not sold on the idea or see any advantage to purchasing a high end EVO over an average decent SSD to use on the Live. My preference is the type of nand technology used (you know, MLC, TLC) which I take into consideration based on the specific use in mind (such as if I want a read only drive or a drive that will be handling a lot of constant read/write)
I am somewhat curious regarding why you prefer the WD SSD over the Sandisk. Is that WD SSD being compared to the budget Sandisk or an Extreme variant?
Also in my post, I said...
The Western Digital Blue SSD will often go on sale, so it can be very reasonable to purchase. Granted, the Samsung EVO is better/faster, but that difference doesn't seem to matter to the MPC Live/X.
So, what the EVO might provide is probably not needed for the MP Live/X. I say that because I have had no problem with the Western Digital Blue that I installed. If there were any problems with throughput or some sort of incompatibility, I would have seen it by now, and I have not. So it seems we are in agreement on that.
The SanDisk Ultra II was the same price as the Western Digital. I ran into some issues when mounting/unmounting the SanDisk drive that I did not see with the Western Digital. Also, with very large file transfers, I saw some errors with the SanDisk drive that I did not see with the Western Digital. Sample size for me was three of each type of drive. I did the testing using my laptop system with the drives being mounted in an external housing. It was some time later that I purchased my Akai MPC X, so I just used a Western Digital drive and it has been fine. These seem to go on sale often enough that there should be no reason to pay full retail, making them an even better choice.
We could get into a lengthy discussion about the various aspects of the technologies used in these drives, but I feel it is sufficient to point out that at a very reasonable cost, you can get a commonly available SSD that will work fine. I got mine at Best Buy when they had one of their frequent sales. I discussed a bit about wear levelling because I didn't want to alarm anyone into thinking that their internal 16 GB SSD would die any time soon. However, since we can easily install an internal SSD drive that is easily swappable if it becomes problematic, that seems to make more sense to me.
Tony