Re: What hardware are you using?
Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 8:51 am
There's 3 types of NAND flash memory used in Memory Cards and SSD's.
SLC Single Layer Cell Longest Lifespan, Low Capacity and Most expensive
- This is industrial grade flash and has the most endurance with around 100,000 write cycles. Not easily accessible to regular consumers since its really expensive and largest capacity I've seen is 16GB.
MLC Multi Layer Cell Moderate Lifespan and Cheaper than SLC
- You'll find this type in some 'Pro' or 'Premium' type memory cards like Samsung Pro or Sandisk Extreme Pro both which have 10 year warranties. The warranty is what's telling even if they don't reveal the type of memory they use. MLC has around 10,000 to 3,000 write cycles.
TLC Triple Layer Cell Least Endurance and Cheapest
- This is the what you'll find in most cheap consumer memory cards. These only have around 1000 write cycles. I wouldn't use these for heavy duty video recording or photography use.
As far as I know from owning one and reading many reviews, Sandisk Extreme Pro's are the fastest (especially in 4k random writes, great for mobile use) and probably most reliable card you can get.
Here's a review round up of micro sd cards that also shows what type of memory they use .
http://ourberries.com/2015/04/16/conclu ... nd-reviews.
Some info on Micro SD. Applicable to Regular SD cards too.
http://ourberries.com/2014/09/15/microsd-knowledge/
Anyway, this old ass thread is about what kind of hardware we're using lol. I guess I just use a 256GB SSD either in a USB3 enclosure or a SATA-to-USB3 adapter. They don't need external power so it's easy enough to use like a USB flash drive. I don't like using regular USB sticks anymore because they're. SSD's are small enough to be portable and so much faster. Even though there are 128GB and 256GB USB flash drives available, I think it's more cost effective to get an SSD which you can use portably or jam inside a PC if you want. There's even mSATA(old)/M.2(new) SSD's if you wanna go even smaller. I know there's performance USB3 sticks out there but they cost as much as an 128GB SSD anyway.
Examples of adapters/enclosures:
SATA to USB - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005B3VO24/
2.5-inch Enclosure - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OJ3UJ2S
mSATA SSD Enclosure - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LRZPNHM/
M.2 SSD Enclosure - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KQ4LNJC/
SLC Single Layer Cell Longest Lifespan, Low Capacity and Most expensive
- This is industrial grade flash and has the most endurance with around 100,000 write cycles. Not easily accessible to regular consumers since its really expensive and largest capacity I've seen is 16GB.
MLC Multi Layer Cell Moderate Lifespan and Cheaper than SLC
- You'll find this type in some 'Pro' or 'Premium' type memory cards like Samsung Pro or Sandisk Extreme Pro both which have 10 year warranties. The warranty is what's telling even if they don't reveal the type of memory they use. MLC has around 10,000 to 3,000 write cycles.
TLC Triple Layer Cell Least Endurance and Cheapest
- This is the what you'll find in most cheap consumer memory cards. These only have around 1000 write cycles. I wouldn't use these for heavy duty video recording or photography use.
As far as I know from owning one and reading many reviews, Sandisk Extreme Pro's are the fastest (especially in 4k random writes, great for mobile use) and probably most reliable card you can get.
Here's a review round up of micro sd cards that also shows what type of memory they use .
http://ourberries.com/2015/04/16/conclu ... nd-reviews.
Some info on Micro SD. Applicable to Regular SD cards too.
http://ourberries.com/2014/09/15/microsd-knowledge/
Anyway, this old ass thread is about what kind of hardware we're using lol. I guess I just use a 256GB SSD either in a USB3 enclosure or a SATA-to-USB3 adapter. They don't need external power so it's easy enough to use like a USB flash drive. I don't like using regular USB sticks anymore because they're. SSD's are small enough to be portable and so much faster. Even though there are 128GB and 256GB USB flash drives available, I think it's more cost effective to get an SSD which you can use portably or jam inside a PC if you want. There's even mSATA(old)/M.2(new) SSD's if you wanna go even smaller. I know there's performance USB3 sticks out there but they cost as much as an 128GB SSD anyway.
Examples of adapters/enclosures:
SATA to USB - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005B3VO24/
2.5-inch Enclosure - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OJ3UJ2S
mSATA SSD Enclosure - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LRZPNHM/
M.2 SSD Enclosure - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KQ4LNJC/