first test of a 32GB Solid State Disk

[Damien Molineaux]

These may well be what is being used in the Red Ram.

Found on Hardmac (http://www.hardmac.com/news/2007-06-18/#6901):
"The website Trustedreviews published the first test of a 32GN Samsung SSD, while comparing performance with a 250GB 2.5" HD and a 1TB 3.5" HD from Hitachi.
In summary, a SSD boots faster than a 2.5" HD thanks to its low access time, but can not compete with a 3.5" HD. In all other tests, the SSD can not compete with both plate-based HD models due to its low effective writing and reading speed.
This is only the beginning of the era of flash memory-based solid state drive, and in the coming months/years, improvements should speed up performance to better compete with plate-based HDs."

With the link to Trustedreviews :
http://www.trustedreviews.com/storage/review/2007/06/14/Samsung-32GB-Solid-State-Drive/p1

Hardmac doesn't mention one of the main advantages of SSDs, its resistance to shock and vibration, Trustedreviews gives comparative numbers on page 2 of heir review. This is why they are particularly interesting for onboard camera recording, however SSDs are, or at least this one is, a rather poor performer for sustained data read and write.

Cheers,
Damien

[Jeff Kilgroe]

The tech is getting closer, but I think this is a good example of why the RED RAM is priced so high. A few manufacturers do provide SSDs with adequate performance for RED, like Adtron and PQI, but these products are more targeted at specialized markets than consumer use and carry a premium price tag.

[Jonathan L. Bowen]

When I spoke with someone from RED about the RED RAM, they told me it really wasn't necessary unless I was going to be doing specialized recording like on helicopters or boats or something where there would be a lot of motion.

I figure that eventually it'd be nice to have a solid-state recording option, and if people renting the camera from me often say stuff about that, I guess it'd be worthwhile to pursue, but for now I see no need.