On Dec 23, 2013, at 4:54 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > Stan, > > Just one question/comment: > Why would you have an external SSD and internal HD? > While I don't have my own experience with Thunderbolt, all other > interfaces (USB 3.0, eSATA, FW-400, FW-800, and even FW-3200) are > inferior to SATA-3 > (not counting SAS-600 which is nominally on par with SATA3) > Thuderbolt is the only one that seems to be exceeding what SATA-3 can do. > > So, having an external SSD drive (which I would expect to be SATA-3 > drive?)
Yes > would fully benefit from its speed only if you are connecting it > via Thunderbolt. Are you? My plan is to connect the SSD via USB3.0 as an interim measure. Though I've read that this is easily fast enough for my primary purpose (LR catalog and cache), I do intend to move to a Thunderbolt-connected enclosure for the SSD if/when I can find one. Still looking... stan > > Igor > > > > On Dec 23, 2013, at 1:55 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > >> I held off for several weeks, thinking that the Mini and/or >> Thunderbolt displays might be updated when the MacPro was finally >> available, but that didn't happen. I decided not to worry about buying >> THE computer that would last me the rest of my life, but rather buy >> one that is good enough for what I need now and the next couple of >> years. So I ordered the iMac. I didn't max it out; e.g., I'll add >> memory from other sources. And I went with an old-technology internal >> drive; an external SSD is on order that will tie into one of the USB >> ports. >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
