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  • External SSD Library speed problems

    G
    G

    Hi fantastic VSL people

    I have a 2020 iMac 3.6 GHz 10-Core Intel Core i9 27"/128gb ram running Catalina 10.15.7

    I have 2 x G-tech Mobile SSD drives and the library drive is connected to the iMac USB-C port

    But when I open there Synchron player / settings / database it says my transfer speed is 51.2MBs and it should be 560MBs - I did run the rescan speeds but it stays the same - the drives are formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

    Any ideas on this? as I can't work out why this is the case.

    Many thanks.

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  • PaulP
    VSL Team
    PaulP
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    Hi Garrik,

    That's weird indeed.

    Did you check that the cable is OK? Which results do you get if you run a program like Amorhous Disk Mark?

    Best,
    Paul

    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
  • G
    G

    Hi Paul

    Really appreciate the response and link to the speed test

    USB-C cable seems ok

    I ran the Amorphous Disk Mark and the library drive looks ok (speeds of 500+MBs on the library drive)

    The 1st picture is the G-Tech SSD sample library drive > iMac USB-C port 

    The 2nd picture is the G-Tech SSD audio recording drive > iMac USB 3.0 port (45MBs which I hope will be ok for recording into Logic Pro?)

    Not sure why the Synchron database is showing 51.2MBs?

    Kind regards

    Garrikk

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  • PaulP
    VSL Team
    PaulP

    Hi Garrik, 

    The most useful figure for us is the RND4kQD1. With a similar value as you have in pic 1 (I have 36 MB/s), your streaming drive, I get 344 MB/s in the Database settings in Synchron Player. 

    Could it be that there is some kind of firewall or anti-virus program in the way that slows down the reading speed?

    Best, 
    Paul

    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
  • G
    G

    Hi Paul

    I checked and there is no Firewall active and the only anti virus I use is the Malwarebytes which I run once in a while other than that that's it.

    Are you meaning the SDD drive transfer speed is still running slow?

    Kind regards

     

    Garrikk

    ps: I have swopped over the USB-C Cable and the speeds have changed (see attached)

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  • G
    G

    Hi Paul/ VSL people

    I was wondering if if would be better to run my Orchestral sample libraries on my iMac 27" internal drive?.

    It would free up one of the two USB-C ports for other things and be super fast - are there any other users doing this? and when using the HDD it was always advisable to run the drive half full but I imagine on the SSD it doesn't matter?

    I have an Mac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020)) 3.6Ghz 10-Core Intel Core i9  with 128GB of Ram - Im also using Logic Pro and also use Maschine / EX24 and their libraries.

    I have a 2TB iMac internal SSD with 1.6TB free and my current Sample library is 337Gb

    Would this the right way to go or will it cause problems?

    Any help apreciated

    Garrikk
  • PaulP
    VSL Team
    PaulP

    Hi Garrikk, 

    Yes, the internal SSD drive could be a great option. Give it a try!

    You can fill SSD drives up, in theory... but I'd still leave a little space.

    Let us know how it goes!

    Best, 
    Paul 

    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
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    G

    Hi Paul

    Ok I have partitioned my iMac internal drive and transferred the sample library and now the transfer speeds are 1198.3MBs!

    Kind regards

    Garrikk

    (Attached screenshot)

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  • PaulP
    VSL Team
    PaulP
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    Thanks for the update!

    Much better 😎

    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL