SSD vs. HDD (2 Viewers)

[dcwp]

Thanks for the ideas guys. I think I fixed my stuttering problems without changing drives.

First I did some cleaning and defragging with minimal effect.

The big difference came when I noticed my IDE channel had been reset to PIO. I have no idea how that happened or even why it should affect anything but my OD, but getting it back to DMA seems to have solved all my stuttering and timeshifting issues.

Overall performance is back where it was when I built this maching, so color me happy.

 

[Ticiano]

Is it possible that HDD lag time causes video stuttering on a machine with otherwise decent video hardware?

Based on your config, it seams more like a codec (aceleration) problem than something with the HDD. Are you shure you're using some kind of aceleration, Cuda or DXVA?

 

[Cuicui74]

Hi,

I have the same question of Mouch about SSD vs HDD, but nobody answered about this point :
Is a SSD improve cover flow and backdrop display in the plugins Moving Pictures and TVSeries ?

Thank in advance

Cuicui

 

[zicoz]

Currently in the process of building a new TV server using a 3U chassis instead of 2U because I want to add tuners, but I'm wondering if a SSD as the OS drive would be a good idea, I'd be putting timeshifting on it aswell. Would it be smart to do this?

 

[kiwijunglist]

you dont need SSD performance. and with a proper setup system you wont notice any difference in TV quality. i would suggest avoiding putting mediaportal/timeshift/windows on the slower eco drives though.

 

[zicoz]

Yeah, it's working ok atm with a HDD, but now I'm expanding to a third TV-card so the posibility for bigger loads are present. But even though I don't need it, will it create a bigger "buffer" in the way that I can do more recordings if I need it? But I also fear that the constant diskwriting from the timeshift might reduce the lifetime of a SSD.

But then again I might just put up a raid aswell.

 

[kiwijunglist]

yes i have read that it will reduce the life of the SSD. I think a regular (non green/eco) hdd should cope with that. other option is ram drive timeshift, might be cheaper that ssd.

 

[Jay_UK]

Hi there,

I moved my timeshift off a HDD (that was also the OS drive) and placed it onto a RAM drive (6GB in size) - this works great.

I have two tuners in my setup.

I've got an Intel X25e SSD on its way for the OS - chances are I'll keep the timeshift on the RAMdrive as I now have the RAM, and this is still faster than the SSD.

J.

 

[fabien44]

Hi there,

I moved my timeshift off a HDD (that was also the OS drive) and placed it onto a RAM drive (6GB in size) - this works great.

I have two tuners in my setup.

I've got an Intel X25e SSD on its way for the OS - chances are I'll keep the timeshift on the RAMdrive as I now have the RAM, and this is still faster than the SSD.

J.

Hello,

what is your RAM drive?
How do you configure it as a drive?

Regards

 

[Jay_UK]

Hi there,

I use this one:

RAMDisk - Software - Server Memory Products & Services - Dataram

I'm running Windows 7 x64

I have the registered version (was free originally when I got it) due to my 6GB RAMdrive (4GB or less is free) - But we are only talking about 10 bucks for the registered version!.

J.

ps - From the various reviews I saw, this one came highly recommended on both speed/performance/price.