iamjohnsname wrote:g14matthew wrote:I have two Sandisk SSD's - the 240 and the 480 - and they both work great with the Seagate thunderbolt adapter. I've brought in footage from my camera both Raw and ProRes to my Mac no problem.
That's promising then. Reading
here suggests that:
a) It isn't much faster than SATA II and cannot match SATA III
b) power dropouts occur with large, fast drives.
You've had no negative experiences? What type of read/write speeds are you getting on the 480GB Sandisk SSD? That's the one I have too.
I'm guessing you've got the SATA III version of the Sandisk?
Also, do you use the Desktop version of the GoFlex?
That's....very technical for someone like me. Mine is the Sandisk Extreme SATA 6Gb. I haven't put it through the disk speed test, so I can't give you those answers. What I can tell you is that I haven't had an issue with recording using the disk with my BMCC. Granted, I haven't shot especially long takes with that disk yet as I'm mostly shooting test footage right now, but again...knock on wood...no problems so far.
I use the portable version of the Seagate thunderbolt adapter because I like the flexibility of the GoFlex drives and I use Thunderbolt in the field a lot for clients. I also use the desktop version of the GoFlex, which is chained to a Promise Pegasus R6 and various other drives depending on which client project I'm working on. But for importing footage from SSD, I always use the portable version.
Sorry I can't be more helpful, I'm not nearly as interested in the underlying technology as most of the other folks on these boards seem to be. I just pick it up and shoot with it and try to make it work with what I have.