$549 1TB Bus Powered Offload Setup (SSD)

[Justin O'Neill]

This is pretty awesome. I put a 1TB SSD and the GoFlex Thunderbolt adapter together and it works great! You can find 1TB SSDs for about $450 and the GoFlex $99 so for a total of $550 you have a bus powered 1TB solid state drive that gets 350MB/s write and 385MB/s read.

I am going to be using this setup on our upcoming 4 country shoot where we will be mostly out in the field with out any power. I will be offloading the REDMAGS to a couple of these during the day and then offloading the SSDs to a larger RAID when we get back to home base at night. The reliability of the solid state drives will be nice as we are running around the jungle with our Dragons.

 

[Nick Morrison]

WOW. Nice find!!

 

[paul schefz]

the go flex TB is great...never had any problems with mine....i actually got it to offload the SSDs from my BMC...

 

[Justin O'Neill]

Yeah, I've been almost using it for two years with no issues! Very useful to have a couple of these around.

 

[Kalulu Ngilo]

For storage/playback it's a neat idea for sure. I'm assuming it is usb3 based which should not be a problem.

 

[Justin O'Neill]

For storage/playback it's a neat idea for sure. I'm assuming it is usb3 based which should not be a problem.

The SSD is SATA and the GoFlex converts that to Thunderbolt which allows for the 385MB/s read speed. USB3 would only get about half that in real life.

 

[Clark Dunbar]

now they need to have a Thunderbolt-2 version of the GoFlex.

 

[Justin O'Neill]

I need Thunderbolt 2 EVERYTHING!

 

[Patrick Tresch]

The SSD is SATA and the GoFlex converts that to Thunderbolt which allows for the 385MB/s read speed. USB3 would only get about half that in real life.

Yes I've done it in the Rainforest with USB3 Mypassport 2TB drives, wich start at 130MB/s and when near full gets down to 65MB/s.
Your approch means you can double the GB you can transfer without a power plug! Are SSD less power hungry as there have no spinning drives?

Nice find!

Pat

 

[Justin O'Neill]

Are SSD less power hungry as there are no spinning drives?

That's my understanding. We have a very low shoot ratio so I will be able to offload to 2 simultaneously so we an instant double copy.

 

[Patrick Tresch]

Smart!

Pat

 

[Kwan Khan]

Using same setup successfully since March;
More info here at post #15
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?100085-Fastest-Thunderbolt-DIT-solution/page2

 

[Justin O'Neill]

Nice Kwan! Now we just need SSD prices to come down a bit more and we can say good by forever to spinning drives.

 

[Blair Thornton]

Very nice, but this is a faster and more rugged bus-powered solution (+500Mb/sec) : http://www.girafxmedia.com/?p=159

 

[Justin O'Neill]

I like it! Have you tested the real world speed? This Samsung SSD is rated at 500MB/s+ as well but with actual transfers it is more like 385MB/s.

 

[paul schefz]

Very nice, but this is a faster and cleaner bus-powered solution (+500Mb/sec) : http://www.girafxmedia.com/?p=159

don't get it...the go flex is bus powered and the advantage is that you can throw any drive at it, with the lacie you have to buy the enclosure with every drive...here you just buy the bare ssds.....

 

[Blair Thornton]

On order ... it should be better, and at least drop resistant.

 

[Justin O'Neill]

The Lacie is only $120 more and you get a real enclosure, for some that will be appealing. I don't think the ruggedization is as important for SSDs though...if you look at the external cases most manufacturers are putting them in they are quite slim and minimal. It's nice to have options.

 

[Blair Thornton]

True, but you get a more rugged solution you can take on the road. Yes, it is a shame you need to waste the 1Tb drive with my option, but you end up with a better road warrior option IMHO.

 

[Jarek Zabczynski]

That's my understanding. We have a very low shoot ratio so I will be able to offload to 2 simultaneously so we an instant double copy.

But only one TB port no?