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1. Re: What Is the Best Raid Array Setup for Photoshop?
Bill Hunt Jul 6, 2011 6:08 PM (in response to RobertoBlake)I would go with RAID 0 for the Scratch Disks, as you need no redundancy for security. For your image files, you WILL want redundancy.
This ARTICLE, though written for video editing with PrPro, will give you some background.
Good luck,
Hunt
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2. Re: What Is the Best Raid Array Setup for Photoshop?
RobertoBlake Jul 7, 2011 10:08 AM (in response to Bill Hunt)Thanks Bill, I was thinking RAID 0 for the scratch disk, but what about the storage level, maybe RAID 10? with one of the Drive being a HotSwap?
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3. Re: What Is the Best Raid Array Setup for Photoshop?
Noel Carboni Jul 7, 2011 10:16 AM (in response to RobertoBlake)Something to consider:
An advantage of RAID 0 is that you get all the space of both drives, while multiplying the throughput.
While RAID 0 also multiplies the possibility of failure, you can offset that by buying high-MTBF enterprise class drives. The Western Digital RE4 is an example (and is the model I use in my RAID). Such drives are not really that much more expensive than their consumer-grade counterparts, and the difference is well worth it, IMO.
Do good backups - e.g., to a large external USB drive (e.g., Western Digital MyBook), and you'll be covered against loss of the entire array.
-Noel
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4. Re: What Is the Best Raid Array Setup for Photoshop?
RobertoBlake Jul 7, 2011 10:43 AM (in response to Noel Carboni)What about Running the RAID 10 as far as the storage level. I only want to run RAID 0 at the scratch disk level since temporary files don't need Failure Tolerance.



