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Raid 0 on scratch disk and media cache drive question??

  • August 4, 2017
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I am building a new computer which will be used for many things but a lot of video editing and some photo. I was wondering if anyone that is familiar with Adobe Premier Pro and After Effects could help out or anyone that thinks they know.

I was wondering if a person could use 2 SSD drives in raid 0 for the scratch disk and media cache drive. I know raid 0 is not as safe as only one drive or any other kind of raid but I can get two smaller SSD drives for a great price and much cheaper than one larger one. I know it will even make the SSDs faster. Anyone care to comment? Thanks.

Also, what is the most common scratch disk and media cache drive size?

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    RoninEdits
    RoninEdits
    Inspiring
    August 5, 2017

    its ok to use raid-0 for scratch/cache drives. common size for that drive is typically 256gb-500gb.

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    ingeborgdotAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 5, 2017

    Okay?  Not necessarily recommended but okay?  Not necessary?  Is it a better idea to use just one SSD?  Sorry about the questions but I just want to do it right the first time.  Thanks for the info on size.  I had not really been able to find an answer like that. 

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    ingeborgdotAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 5, 2017

    On my workstation I have three 250GB SSDs configured as RAID 0 used solely as a scratch and media cache disk.

    Since most of my work is on videos that are not much more than 15 minutes in duration I can’t say if there is any real improvement in editing time.  However, working on videos that are in excess of two hours it should be noticeable.  Where I do see an improvement is in the caching. 

    What Ronin may be implying could be there being only a little difference between a single SSD or two configured as RAID 0 when used as a scratch disk.


    So there would possibly be a difference but not much, or something I may not even notice. 

    I don't know what to do.  I'm just trying to do it the right way I guess.  This is my first encounter with Adobe products and my first build to accommodate them.  I just don't want to make any mistakes in the hardware setup.

    Either way, there will be a noticeable difference over HDD I know after reading and watching videos for hours on the subject.  Not until here though did a I finally get a decent answer to what I was needing to know.  You guys are great.  Thanks so much for your time.

    Ann Bens
    Ann Bens
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    August 4, 2017

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