Nivida Shadowplay - Would you record to your SSD or HDD?

[utahraptor]

Since I have the choice and plenty of room on both do you think it would be best to use the HDD for Shadowplay storage? I am concerned about the possible abuse the SSD would sustain long term with this type of crazy disk writing.

 

[n0x1ous]

Since I have the choice and plenty of room on both do you think it would be best to use the HDD for Shadowplay storage? I am concerned about the possible abuse the SSD would sustain long term with this type of crazy disk writing.

I think average HDD will be able to keep up with this no prob so go with your storage drive

 

[akahoovy]

We have HD cameras at work (720p and 1080i/p) and our hyperdeck shuttles recommend SSDs for recording HD in ProRes or other Quicktime files. If you're going with a higher compression or lower resolution you could probably record to a HDD.

 

[MrK6]

Always record with HDD's (as long as they're fast enough to keep up, which most modern drives are), it's better for the drive.

 

[imaheadcase]

I picked me up one of those 1TB SSDHD hybrid drives, does 150+MB/s without breaking a sweat, was only $80 when i got it on sale. That said, I would not be concerned with using my SSD drive if if my only option, I forgot the site, but they did a torture test and write 200TB on it and its not failed yet.

 

[DigDog]

afaik, these last 2 gen of SSD have no problem getting abused; however, i'd like to know as well.

 

[Childs]

I was playing with Shadowplay this morning, and there was no problem writing to a single 7200RPM hard drive. On high settings (1080p60) the write speeds needed is only 7MB/s (54Mbps). I wouldnt use an SSD for this because of the storage capacity, and you'll have limits on how much you can record.