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Inspiring
September 12, 2018
Question

SSD Size for Media Cache & Scratch

  • September 12, 2018
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I've watched the Storage Optimization video from Puget Systems and their subsequent article. I have been thinking about upgrading my storage to something more optimal for editing. One of which is having an SSD dedicated to Media Cache and Scratch. The only thing I am not sure of is how big of an SSD I need for Media Cache and Scratch. Is 250GB enough? 500GB?

Puget Systems did their testing with a 1TB drive, but that seems like it may be overkill?

Thanks.

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      Jeff Bugbee
      Jeff Bugbee
      Adobe Expert
      September 12, 2018

      It completely depends on what you're going to be editing. 1080? 4k? 8k? Each type of footage has different storage requirements.

      CC268
      CC268Author
      Inspiring
      September 12, 2018

      I apologize - I meant to add that in my OP. 4K for the most part.

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      rodneyb56060189
      Brainiac
      September 12, 2018

      I’m just a hobbyist so nothing huge. The largest thing I edited was about 670GB worth of footage (this was AFTER transcoding). I think it was about 35GB in the h.264 format...

      I couldn’t swe creating anything over 30-45 mins long. It’s just family vacations, etc.


      I would go with the fastest 1TB SSD you can get, and assign that to your cache.

      Don't forget, you have access to that drive for OTHER THINGS even though you have your cache there.

      The whole idea of splitting up the drives for O.S., source material, cache, and exports is to make the system FASTER ( don't have to read and write to the same drive at the same time ).

      So, the space you get won't go to waste, cause you can use it for other stuff too.

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