Buyers remorse? (Some SSD Raid questions, Random Access time, Thunderbolt...)

[Ploki]

I've been testing my new setup rMBP with Logic Pro and multi-track drum editing, so I did some testing.

Editing on the usb2.0 or fw800 was just awful, even play/stop response is vomit-inducing slow.

Internal drive isn't all that big, but I copied the project over and tried it there. Transient analysis, overall response much better. 450mb/s.

I then wondered if I would benefit from a faster drive... Meaning cMBP dual SSD raid0 setup for even more snapiness.

So I created an 8GB RAMDrive and tested it real-life. The SSD jump from FW800/USB2.0 or even internal Raid0 HDD (tested on my cMBP) means instead of waiting 10secs for enabling/disabling quantization track to 1sec.

Using RAMDrive instead of SSD means waiting 0.5sec, and project doesn't load any faster. (its already instant with single SSD)


That leads me to believe I actually benefit more from random access time than actual bandwidth in practice when working with my projects.

Also actual bandwidth used isn't more than 2-6 MB/s.

As far as I know random access times go haywire when doing an SSD RAID0...

In this particular case, would I see worse performance going RAID0? (>> no buyers remorse if true)

Also, I'm waiting patiently for this:
https://thunderbolttechnology.net/product/delock-pa121542513
Can I hope to get the same Random Access Times as from internal sata?

I didn't know all this when I ordered, otherwise I'm pretty happy with my retina.

Thanks.

btw, if someone wants I can upload a simple RamDrive script I whipped together.

 

[robvas]

That leads me to believe I actually benefit more from random access time than actual bandwidth in practice when working with my projects.

Anyone who actually knows anything about SSD or RAID would have told you that before you did it

 

[Ploki]

Anyone who actually knows anything about SSD or RAID would have told you that before you did it

So no buyers remorse for me I guess.