Re: "Checkpointing long" on exit

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 10:31 AM Peter Sampson <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 4:16 PM Cliff <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> If I can inject here, the speed of the external SSD will depend on the
>> type of bus it is connected to. The USB3, which is the normally used way,
>> can be slower than the internal bus which may be much faster so the
>> internal disk could have better throughput in some cases. For maximum speed
>> the SSD should be the internal drive. Just a thought when doing a
>> comparison.
>>
>
> My 256 SSD and my 1TB HD are *both* internal drives.
> The SSD is my system drive and my main work drive.
>
>
> So I id some comparison testing - using a one-hour stereo 16-but WAV
>
> *1) Temp files on SSD (default scenario)*
> 1.1) Export to SSD  23 secs
> 1.2) Import from SSD 31 secs
> 1.3) Export to HD  24 secs
> 1.4) Import from HD 24 secs
>
> *2) Temp files on HD *
> 2.1) Export to SSD  22 secs
> 2.2) Import from SSD* 1 min 57 secs*
> 2.3) Export to HD  25 secs
> 2.4) Import from HD 22 secs
>
> So 2.2 looks *seriously* awry at more than 5 times longer - and I have no
> idea why   :-//
>
> But even 1.2 looks iffy compared with 1.4 at a 30% increase.
>
> Peter.
>
>
 It's been many years since I was involved with this stuff, but I think
there is a disparity between reading and writing on an SSD.  Reading from
an SSD is fast but writing takes significantly longer.
-Rachel

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