BD Drive performance

[James Finnall]

Seeking recommendations for a new acquisition of BD-RE type drive that
will function at rated performance. Internal SATA is desired for the
installation.

I presently have one drive operational but it has never performed to
rated specs. Normally .5x burns are typical and 1x is possible with
special options. (Thanks to Thomas)

I desire to install a BD-RE type of unit into another location but
really require rated performance since it is real time burning activity.
This installation is not performing unattended backup operations.

Operating system is Ubuntu Linux. Please advise manufacturer and model
if you know of any units that actually perform at rated performance
levels. If certain media is required then please specify what is known
to work for you.

Thank you for your consideration,
James Finnall

[Thomas Schmitt]

Hi,

Seeking recommendations for a new acquisition of BD-RE type drive that will
function at rated performance.

They all should do, if no Defect Managment is involved and
if the computer and bus can deliver the necessary data rate.

A few months ago i bought an LG BH16NS40. It does 2.0x on
"2x" BD-RE media with xorriso and Stream Recording.
(Regrettably it does not reach the 2.3x speed of the old
GGW-H20L.)

A problem with any advise is that drive models change frequently
and that the sucessor model might be a completely different
drive with completely different firmware. It's a very promiscuous
market.

Normally .5x burns are typical and 1x is possible with special
options.

I assume you mean Stream Recording or formatting without Spare Area.
Further assumed you use normal 2x media, i wonder what might
slow down your data transfer.

What driver buffer fills are reported with your burn runs ?


Have a nice day :)

Thomas