I’d like to upgrade the data transfer speed on my MP 3,1. I only do audio/midi/vst's-- no video, no gaming. I run Studio One 3 and use a lot of Native Instruments Maschine/Komplete plugins. The instruments are stored on the Samsung Evo 840 250GB system drive and the sound sample libraries on a dedicated hdd. Audio is on a second hdd.
My system:
early 2008 Mac Pro 8-core 2.8ghz
26GB RAM
stock GPU Radeon 2600xt
system drive: 250GB EVO 840 (latest firmware: EXT0DB6Q) OS X Yosemite
2x 1TB 7200 WD Black[1 for sample libraries/sound content and 1 for audio]
I do crash fairly often. It usually happens when I try to load a different patch or another instrument plugin. My best guess is that Studio One is expecting the CPU to pull the sample and put it into RAM in short order. Occasionally this isn't fast enough and Studio One trips up and shuts down. (Or so that’s my limited understanding of it and I'm really just guessing.)
What I'm hoping to achieve: Get Sata 3 speed for four independent drives (1 mac bootable)
System Drive: new Evo 850 120GB [Currently looks like 50GB is total needed]
Sound Libraries: split between 2 Evo 250GB [400GB required]
Audio: same WD 1TB 7200rpm for now
Available slots are: the pci-e 2.0 16x slot just above graphics card and 1 of the 4x pci-e 1.0 slots. I'll make both of those 1.0 slots available if they can actually be helpful here.
I would surely appreciate some guidance here. I've had a chance to get familiar with some of the well known available products/options[apricorn/sonnet/newer tech/etc], I’m just still very unsure of which path would strike a good balance between cost and performance for what I need. So much of the information I find regarding these upgrades pertains to video work requirements so I've gotten a little lost as to what level upgrade is most appropriate for my situation. I don't want a little band-aid, but didn't want to go overboard either, and I'm certainly capable of doing that. Minus the cost of new drives, my upper limit budget for controller card/hardware, cables, adapters, etc. is about $250. Of course I’m also interested in those double-digit solutions I see, but figuring out if I’d just be wasting time/money is where I start getting a little dizzy, so that’s why I’ve decided to just straight-up ask if anybody knows what would be just the ticket in this scenario. Thanks so much…
My system:
early 2008 Mac Pro 8-core 2.8ghz
26GB RAM
stock GPU Radeon 2600xt
system drive: 250GB EVO 840 (latest firmware: EXT0DB6Q) OS X Yosemite
2x 1TB 7200 WD Black[1 for sample libraries/sound content and 1 for audio]
I do crash fairly often. It usually happens when I try to load a different patch or another instrument plugin. My best guess is that Studio One is expecting the CPU to pull the sample and put it into RAM in short order. Occasionally this isn't fast enough and Studio One trips up and shuts down. (Or so that’s my limited understanding of it and I'm really just guessing.)
What I'm hoping to achieve: Get Sata 3 speed for four independent drives (1 mac bootable)
System Drive: new Evo 850 120GB [Currently looks like 50GB is total needed]
Sound Libraries: split between 2 Evo 250GB [400GB required]
Audio: same WD 1TB 7200rpm for now
Available slots are: the pci-e 2.0 16x slot just above graphics card and 1 of the 4x pci-e 1.0 slots. I'll make both of those 1.0 slots available if they can actually be helpful here.
I would surely appreciate some guidance here. I've had a chance to get familiar with some of the well known available products/options[apricorn/sonnet/newer tech/etc], I’m just still very unsure of which path would strike a good balance between cost and performance for what I need. So much of the information I find regarding these upgrades pertains to video work requirements so I've gotten a little lost as to what level upgrade is most appropriate for my situation. I don't want a little band-aid, but didn't want to go overboard either, and I'm certainly capable of doing that. Minus the cost of new drives, my upper limit budget for controller card/hardware, cables, adapters, etc. is about $250. Of course I’m also interested in those double-digit solutions I see, but figuring out if I’d just be wasting time/money is where I start getting a little dizzy, so that’s why I’ve decided to just straight-up ask if anybody knows what would be just the ticket in this scenario. Thanks so much…