Re: [LAU] SSD for audio

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010, Joe Hartley wrote:

> But the SSD will retain its data when the machine crashes, or the
> power goes out, or when the drummer decides to find out what that
> button does (it turns the UPS on and off, doofus). I'd never record
> to a RAM disk because there's always an additional step needed to
> write to the "real" storage. Even if you use rsync to only write
> what's new, there may be significant delays while you do the dump.

That's all true... Ramdisk is something to use if you're on a machine
with a UPS, a stable kernel, no xruns, etc. And you have to remember to
save your work. Still...imagine the bandwidth! Woo!

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