07-25-2009, 03:42 AM
OWC Larry wrote:
You'd likely not want to that except with an SLC based SSD product as MLC is beat down over time based on number of write actions. A scratch disk would likely burn through those write cycles relatively quickly.
I think a RAID-0 with 2 drives would cost less and last a lot longer than using an SSD for scratch + provide pretty similar performance. Or - add a 3rd drive and beat for sure.
SSD rocks - just need to make some considerations.
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Is anyone using an Intel SSD for a Photoshop scratch disk?
What improvements do you see?
I concur. I have a recent-issue Runcore SSD in this MBP, and it's pretty good so far (and far faster than any 2.5" shipping hard drive). But I do not think it's faster than the latest edition 3.5" 7200 rpm 1.5 TB hard drives from Seagate. I spent a little time with a project using that as an external eSATA boot disk, and it was super quick.