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beginner's hard disk question

Apr 1, 2012 7:34 PM

Hello,

 

At the moment I have a 2 TB green WD internal hard disk. If three disks is the minimum requirement, can I add a 1 TB caviar black WD or is the green useless for video editing, which means I should get 2x 1TB caviar black WD?

 

Thanks,

 

Bert

519 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: Harm Millaard, Apr 3, 2012 5:34 AM
 
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  • John T Smith
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    1. John T Smith,
    Apr 1, 2012 8:33 PM   in reply to bert nordstrom
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    Green 5400 RPM drives do not work with video editing

     

    My 3 hard drives are configured as...

     

    1 - 320Gig Boot for Win7 64bit Pro and all program installs

     

    2 - 320Gig data for Win7 paging swap file and video project files

    When I create a project on #2 drive, the various work files follow,

    so my boot drive is not used for the media cache folder and files

     

    3 - 1Terabyte data for all video files... input & output files (*)

    (*) for 4 drives, drive 3 all source files & drive 4 all output files

    .

    Search Microsoft to find out how to redirect your Windows paging swap file

    http://search.microsoft.com/search.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US

     

    Back at http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere/hardware_forum look to the right for several helper subjects

     
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  • bert nordstrom
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    2. bert nordstrom,
    Apr 2, 2012 9:28 PM   in reply to John T Smith
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    Thanks for helping John,

     

    I am still learning about specific brands but I think I nearly understand.

    I have a pretty small set up, mostly editing short videos from DSLRs.

     

    If I'm happy with my C: drive:

     

    -Can I set up 2/3 WD caviar blacks as individual disks?

    -What's the best way to back them up?

    -Is the green drive still useless?

    -Is this even close to a step in the right direction?

     

    Rob

     
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    3. Harm Millaard,
    Apr 3, 2012 1:36 AM   in reply to bert nordstrom
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    Use a smallish disk for OS & programs, something like a Samsung 320 GB Spinpoint F4 and use 2 WD Caviar Blacks as D: and E: drives. Use the Green disk for backups.

     
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  • bert nordstrom
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    4. bert nordstrom,
    Apr 3, 2012 3:47 AM   in reply to Harm Millaard
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    Thanks Harm,

     

    I'm one step closer to building my empire.

    I read your 'generic guideline for disk setup' and am pretty sure I can get away with three or four disks total without committing to a RAID. I'm going to get at least the wd caviar blacks tomorrow to tide me over for the next six months while I read the rest of these forum discussions

     

    Bert

     
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  • Harm Millaard
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    5. Harm Millaard,
    Apr 3, 2012 5:34 AM   in reply to bert nordstrom
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    You may want to read Planning and Building a new system and more specifically the section about Disk I/O. This is a huge overkill for your needs now, but it shows that even with a large number of disks you can still keep things simple with only three different drive letters.

     

    • C: OS & programs: 4 x SSD in Raid10. One could always start with a single SSD.
    • D: Pagefile, media cache, renders: 6 x HDD in Raid0 using 2 internal ports plus the 4 external ports.
    • E: Media, exports and all other stuff: 22 x HDD in Raid30, including 2 hot-spares. 2 x (10 R3 + 1 HS).
     
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