User manual

Restoring SSD media to “factory new” performance
Special note regarding PhotoFast RAID media
Care and feeding of SSD media
SSDs will lose performance over time, which will have a negative impact on recording capability.
Each type of SSD has its own process for returning it to factory new:
Patriot Torqx
The Process for the Patriot Torqx is quite simple and the full step-by-step is given on p71
OCZ Vertex
The process for the OCZ Vertex is similar to that of the Patriot Torqx and is given on p72
OCZ Vertex2 (and other Sandforce-based controllers)
Sandforce-based SSDs must be “secure erased” to return them to factory performance. This is a
rather involved process. If you purchased Vertex 2 media from Cinedeck, you will have a USB thumb
drive that has the appropriate software on it. See page 73.
You will need a USB keyboard in addition to the USB key for this process.
Unlike other SSDs, the PhotoFast SSDs are NOT hot-swappable. Care should be taken to insert the
media before powering up the Cinedeck, and to shut down the Cinedeck before removing the media.
SSD media is different from traditonal spinning hard drives in two important ways.
1) Low level formatting has an adverse affect on the flash media
2) Disk optimization is achieved by “trim” rather than “degragmentation”, and with certain
controllers, the “secure erase” process.
WARNING: Only SSD media purchased from Cinedeck are ready to use. Other SSDs must be prepared
following the directions on page 69 to prevent error and data loss.