Laptop upgrade - low budget disk setup

Hi,
I have read many great posts in this forum about this topic (especially about disk setup byHarm Millaard ). However, I feel a bit overwhelmed with all the data. My laptop is quite old and weak (maybe too weak) for Premiere Pro/After Effects in terms of usability. Before I start investing in new PC, I would like to give my current one a try. I am wondering if proper disk setup (scratch disk) would make a difference.
My budget would allow me to choose one of the below options:
a)one external ~128 GB SSD drive (USB 3 or eSATA),
b)one 7200 rpm external HDD (USB 3 or eSATA), eventually TWO
c)other disk setup suggestions within such budget?
d)other non-disk setup suggestions?
I produce 1080p videos, up to ~5 minutes duration.
My current laptop specs:
Dell Studio 1555
Processor: Core 2 Duo 2,4 GHz
RAM: 4GB
1 HDD: 500 GB 7200 rpm 16 mb cache sata
1 external 1TB 5200 rpm HDD USB 3 (I use it for backup at the moment)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 512 MB
eSATA
USB 3 (will use a epxress card with USB 3)
Thanks in advance,
Kamil

....when I first started...trying to edit HD content with PPro CS4, I had a laptop like yours. At the time, I didnt know ANYTHING and foolishly BELIEVED the "minimum requirements" listed by Adobe to use PPro. I wound up pulling my hair out as NOTHING would work...EVERYTHING froze up. Then, I started reading HERE on this forum posts by Harm Millard, Bill Gherke, and others about what REALLY was needed to run this professional level software.Temporarily, I discovered I could " transcode" the highly compressed ORIGINAL clips into another codec that the laptop could edit. This is something you can try with the free Cineform codec, available at GoPro website.
However, your machine is TERMINAL....a remnant of the past...you need to take it to a FIRING RANGE and yell PULL as you throw it into the air and witness its destruction via a loud shotgun blast !!! What you want is to edit NATIVELY the original footage in an easy manner. PPro has since improved GREATLY...now, its entirely 64 bit and has MANY improvements that have improved performance SIGNIFICANTLY.
You are going to need an i7 machine that is hyperthreaded,that runs over 3 Ghz, that has 32 GB system memory,that has a good NVidia graphics card,7xx series,or, better. Then,fast storage is a great help with performance. Using ONE quality SSD for OS, programs and pagefile is a MUST. Windows 8.1 is BEST because it does NOT have the memory limit of Windows 7 Home premium of 16GB, and HAS better support for USB 3 devices. Just get a new machine ...you can do FINE with a Haswell laptop with memory maxxed out and Crucial M550 SSDs in it,( 2 drive bays)...AND the 7xx series, ( or better), mobile NVidia GPU.
Or, build a new Haswell E based desktop machine....the mid- level CPU is affordable with great 6 core performance.

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Disk setup for Laptop on Premiere Pro CS6

So, I have read the guidlines on disk setup but I feel that it is geared towards a desktop setup. I would like to know how do I setup a laptop that has the three (3) HDD bays. I only have two drives on it and I am looking forward to buy a new one depending on how you guys reccomend it is set up. My OS disk is 128gb Crucial M4 and the second drive is a 7200 750GB seagate momentus xt. Which will eventually become:
OS - 128gb SSD
Source - 750gb drive
Render - ?????
External - cache/export/storage
Should I go for another 7200 drive of the same kind or should I remove it and go for SSD for both source and render? Thank you very much for any help.

Good, that is a strong laptop spec.
I'd vote to go with a second matching Momentus in bay 3 for sure.
Suggest you buy it, configure it, and test it out to see if you have the drive speed with your workflow to max out your cores (monitor w/ task mgr) with just the two internal drives and nothing external. I don't have much personal experience with your particular codec (sounds like Canon DSLR?), but I suspect that you will be CPU bound more than disk I/O with this setup.
Your eSATA extrernal drive or array may only be needed for backups. If it does turn out you are want or need even more drive performance, configure the two 7200 rpm drives as a RAID 0 in the laptop and bundle with something (single 7200 or G-RAID mini) coupled externally.
Jim

PC build and Disk Setup for a Pro-Wannabe

Hi All,
I know everyone asks these questions and I thought I will not but, when you spend more than $3000 it feels their is no "Harm" in asking the question (but hopefully their will be Harm somewhere in the comments).
So, after waiting for the Mac Pro update for 2 years (just to fool myself that I may buy it), I have decided to move from the Mac OS to Windows after 4 years. I was only using a Macbook Pro to edit and feel now have the suitable experience to begin working on an actual machine.
If you ask my budget, I didn't have any so I went on a buying frenzy with my credit cards and will hopfully be driven to work harder to pay it off .
Here are the parts I have bought:
CPU - Intel 3930K (duh! I don't see a point in waiting for the 4th Gen)
Mobo - ASUS P9X79 Pro
RAM - GSkillz 32GB (8GBx4) @ 1600MHz 9-9-9 (as 3930K is limited to 1600MHz and 1.5V)
Will buy this same set around end of this year to make it 64GB if I feel AE would eat it.
Cabinet - CoolerMaster Storm Stryker (was buying HAF-XM but could not resist the looks of this).
PSU - Seasonic 860W Platinum Plus (Thought 1k is overkill and 750 not future proof, pricey though)
Storage (I thought I will get 1 cheap SSD and 1 Hybrid but then I read all the threads and went crazy)
Samsung 840 Pro SSD- 256GB - 2 nos.
Samsung 840 (nonPro) - 128GB - 2 nos.
Seagate 7200rpm HD - 2TB - 3 nos.
Monitor (just fyi) - Dell U2412 (planning to buy ASUS PA '13 or Dell Ultra '13 24" after few months)
.. finally GPU - Not bought yet
I ordered the ASUS GTX 680 4G as 780 was too costly
but then I read the actual successor to 680 is 770. So I cancelled my 680 but the seller still has not confirmed, just hoping they cancel. Then it turns out 770-4G is not yet sold in my country (am not from the US) so I may import from US (surprisingly importing from Amazon with duties costs the same as probable street price in my country). So I will mot probably buy a..
Gigabyte GTX 770 4G
So, Question 1> Any comments on the component list?
As I plan to build this on my own, have not thought of overclocking as I am not a geek and feel I should first get comfortable. Fair thought?
And hence I have not bought any additional Fans or Coolers.
And now for the Question 2> disk setup! Can you please fill the blanks or suggest alternatives.
This is what I have planned:
C: > Samsung 840 Pro 256GB : OS and _____ ??
D: > Samsung 840 Pro 256GB: Previews and Renders and/or ____ ??
E: > Samsung 840 128GB x 2 RAID-0 : Footage and ___ ?? (the 128GB version has slowest write speed so assigned it to footage)
F: > Seagate 2TB x 2 RAID-0 HDD : Exports and General Personal Files (like Docs, Music)
G: > Seagate 2TB : Dedicated solely as Backup Drive for crictical data at any time (which for me can be on any drive, that is why no RAID3/5 I feel)
And I plan to use my old external USB2/Firewire/USB3 external drives (500GB/1TB) for manual backups.
I can buy 1 or 2 more 2TBs (not SSDs) if it is really critical for some configuration but not anything more.
Usage: I shoot only DSLR footage and use PPro and AE CS6. I have till now been using a 2009 17" Macbook Pro with an SSD. And could have been spotted sometimes using a Class 6 SD Card on a USB 2 card reader being used as the Media drive (Ouch!). I feel (a) now I have the skill to justify this as many times I end up not implementing an idea in AE as my machine just won't budge and (b) I plan to buy the BlackMagic Pocket Camera to learn capabilities of RAW media. Like many I do hope to make an indie in the next 2 or 3 years but I hope I can employ services of a professional who should at least give me respect when he looks at my machine
If you have made it till here, thanks for your time. Waiting for your comments.
Cheers!
Ps: And yes I am planning to subscribe to CC as its cheap for a CS6 owner. And then after 1 year will judge if I will continue with CC once upgrade pricing goes (hopefully yes as I wait for an extensively GPU using AE version soon).

Regarding question #1, build list, and question #2 drive setup:
everything looks great except...
add a good cpu cooler; lots of good choices out there including but not limited to: budget: Cooler Master 212 EVO, high-performance air: Noctua NH-D14, simple liquid: Corsair H110, full water cooling: many options (full water cooling is a pain to plan and build, but ooooohhh so quiet!)
RAM: suggest go for 64GB at the onset rather than trying to add RAM later
definitely plan on overclocking - 4 Ghz is a walk in the park and very safe since you aren't totally comfortable with overclocking, and the performance gain is rather significant for renders, etc.
One SSD is plenty to get started - 256GB would be good for OS, programs, as well as providing some room for AE and photoshop caching
2 drives in RAID 0 would work pretty well for all projects, media, etc. If you really want to spend more in the drive area up the RAID to a 3 or 4 drive RAID
Suggest putting your backup drive in a hot-swap tray so you can remove it and provide off-site backup capability
Regards,
Jim

Need advice on Hardware & Disk Setup for Premiere Pro CS6

I am about to purchase a Mac Pro and after reading threads on hardware requirements & different disk setups I am still a little unsure which way to go. If someone could point me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
Firstly this system will be used primarily for the following tasks: Editing AVCHD media (Sony HDR-XR550) and burning to disk with light editing, Creating Web Videos from AVCHD Media, editing images in Ps & Lr. This is strictly a hobby for me and I will also use the machice for some light AutoCad work.
The current system specs are as follows:
3.33GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon processor, 16GB (4x4GB) RAM, Bay 1: 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s, Bay 2: 512GB SSD, Bay 3: 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s, Bay 4: 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s, ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB, Two 18x SuperDrives.
My questions are:
1.     Reading the thread on Generic Guidelines for Disk Setup I plan to use the 4 Disk setup described. If I only have 1 SSD, should I make it C: D: E: or F:? My priority would be the editing speed rather than the exporting speed.
2.     If I can stretch my budget to include another SSD then again, should I make it C: D: E: or F:?
Thanks in advance for any advice.

Hi Harm (& Jim),
After much deliberation I agree with you and Jim. I am not sure what I was thinking!
I have decided to build my own machine based around your reccomendations in previous posts. Could you please look over the system specifications and offer any suggestions or comments?
Chassis
Lian Li PC-A77
$ 375.00
PSU
Corsair CMPSU-850AX Professional Series Gold AX850 PSU
$ 210.00
Motherboard
Asus P9x79 WS Motherboard
$ 469.00
CPU
Intel Core i7 3930K 3.2GHz CPU
$ 615.00
CPU cooler
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Universal CPU Cooler
$ 40.00
RAM
G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL10Q-32GBXL 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3
$ 285.00
GPU
Gigabyte GV-N66TOC-2GD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2048M
$ 319.00
Disk
SAMSUNG MMSASSD840P128 SAMSUNG 840 PRO SERIES 128GB SSD
$ 135.00
Disk
(3 of) Western Digital WD VelociRaptor 1TB 10,000RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s Hard Drives
Owned
Disk
(2 of) Western Digital WD Black WD2002FAEX 3.5" 2TB SATA 6.0Gb/s Hard Drives
$ 320.00
Burner
LG BH16NS40.AYBU10B LGE OEM BH16NS40 BLK BluRay Burner, 14xBD-R Read/ Write, 16xDVD+-R Read/ Write, SATA, Silt Play, M-Disc Support [BH16NS40.AYBU10B]
$ 88.00
TOTAL BUILD COST in Australian Dollars
$ 2856.00
I have a few questions if you would be kind enough to help.
Is the RAM specified compatible with the rest of my system?
Do you think the GPU is over spec? Could you recommend an alternative if so?
What would be the optimal disk configuration with the proposed disks? I would consider another WD Black if it would make a significant difference.
Do you have any other suggestions where this system could be improved whilst keeping the budget around the same value?
Many thanks,
Rich

Disk setup dilemma. HELP!

Hello there,
Currently, I have 3 x 2TB HDD, 1 x 1TB HDD in my Mac Pro and here is my disk setup :
1 x 1TB 7200rpm HDD = OS and Applications
3 x 2TB HDD 7200rpm (RAID 0) = Everything else (Media, Projects, Exports, Previews, Media Cache)
From what I've heard and read, it is better to dedicated drives for certain files.
I'm planning to buy a 512gb SSD for my OS and applications (going to put this SSD in my 2nd optical drive's free bay). So I wonder which disk setup is the best for doing intensive editing in Premiere Pro and animations + effects in After Effects (currently using CS5.5 but planning to upgrade to CS6).
Here is my 2 setup that I have in mind :
Setup 1
1 x 512gb SSD = OS and Applications
3 x 2TB HDD (RAID 0) = Media, Projects, Previews, Exports
1 x 1TB HDD = Media Cache
Setup 2
1 x 1TB HDD = OS and Applications
3 x 2TB HDD (RAID 0) = Media, Projects, Previews, Exports
1 x 512gb (or 256gb) SSD = Media Cache
Setup 3
1 x 512gb SSD = OS and Applications
2 x 2TB HDD (RAID 0) = Media, Projects
1 x 2TB HDD = Previews, Exports
1 x 1TB HDD = Media Cache
Setup 4
1 x 1TB HDD = OS and Applications
2 x 2TB HDD (RAID 0) = Media, Projects
1 x 2TB HDD = Previews, Exports
1 x 512gb (or 256gb) SSD = Media Cache
Some say that I should also have a dedicated drive for exports as well. But if I use 1 drive for both exports and previews, it's still okay in terms of the read/write workflow isn't it?
So, which setup is the best for performance for editing and rendering in Premiere Pro and After Effects? Or if you have other suggestions, please do tell me as well. Please do help me because I'm starting a new project soon and need to set everything as soon as possible. Many thanks!
*NOTE : I have a 4TB external HDD for backups*
Regards,
Ash

Ash,
You state neither your processor(s) type or RAM here, however it is pretty likely that with the aresanal of drives that you have you will not bee too bottlenecked in the drive area. And too, various tweaks to how you configure your drives will probably not make that measurable of a difference. Certainly putting more drive power in the areas that you want to perform best could also be considered a personal choice in a sense. If you rarely export, don't put much in that area. If you export frequently, assign more / faster drive(s) to that task.
That being said, here's how I would start out if I were mounting your drives in a PC, assuming that your big SSD has decent write performance (at least 200 MB/s):
SSD - OS, programs, media cache, media cache DB
1TB - exports
3x2TB RAID 0 - everything else
I've got to qualify too that I have no clue how Apple deals with RAM and disk caching, but Windows 7/8 does a pretty good job of using spare RAM (not tied up by programs) for disk caching so that RAID 0 arrays can multi-task pretty well on simultaneous reads and writes. And, when you are doing big reads, RAID 0 really does provide quite a bit more kick than single rotating drives, even 7200 rpm models.
Regards,
Jim

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Discussion regarding hard disk setup

Hello all and a Merry Christmas. I am running the Adobe CS6 suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects and Audition), Avid Media Composer 6 and Davinci Resolve Lite 9 on my system. I have been reading various hard disk setup including the one that Ham has posted. Uptil now I have been using just one hard disk for everything. I know that is bad. I never had the money. But now I do. Here is how I think it should be like and it is very similar to the 3 disk setup mentioned by Ham.
500GB 7200 RPM for C: (OS, Programs, Pagefiles, Misc stuff like documents, etc)
1TB 7200 RPM for D: (Media Projects and Files)
500GB 7200 RPM for E: (Exports, Previews and Cache)
I can't afford a raid drive because I'd want a Raid 5 and that is considerably out of my budget. I'll get one as soon as I can. Now I have a desktop. I was thinking of having the media drive to be external with a good enclosure with a heat sink and a fan. I have an eSata port, USB 3.0 and USB 2.0. I'll keep the other drives internally and keep the media drive external because of the heat issues. Is this the right path or should I have all the drives internally? I do have a good and an airy casing. Its the HAF 922 with liquid cooling (Corsair H60) for the CPU. Please help me out. Thanking you guys in advance.

Imagine a very popular nightclub, that opens at 10 PM and long rows of people are waiting to come in.
If that nightclub only has a single door that can be used by single person only at one time, used for both entry and exit, you can imagine the waiting for people outside can be long or people inside waiting to exit. The first thing to do is make another door, one for entry only and one for exit only. That reduces the queues. The next thing to do is create multiple doors, let's say two on the North side, one for entry and one for exit, plus two doors on the South side, again one for entry and one for exit.
I imagine you get the drift. Well, each door is like a physical SATA connection, traffic can only go in one direction at a time and the people or data on eather side of the door or SATA connection have to wait. That is a simple reason why more disks are better for the multitude of tasks that need to be performed during editing. The more doors or SATA connections, the less waiting there is and the more enjoyable it is.
The C: drive for OS & programs and pagefile is mostly used for reading and housekeeping, the staff only entrance.
Other drive(s) or doors are used for projects, media, media cache, previews and exports. The slower the drive, the narrower the door, the faster the disk, the wider the door. How to organize access to the drives depends on your editing style and material, just like the number of doors in the nightclub depend on the number of visitors and their visiting patterns.
If you do smallish projects with rather easy codecs and limited or no multicam editing, the system requirements are not very hard, but if you do large and complex projects with difficult codecs and lost of multicam editing, you need a much sturdier system. A small nightclub out in the country requires less doors than a huge nightclub in a big city that caters to movie stars, celebrities and other VIP's, especially if they use the latest and greatest in presentation technology (of course with corresponding prices).
I keep coming back to this nightclub, because I think the analogy works quite well to explain that there is not one answer that suites all needs. Basically it boils down to available budget and the circumstances you are in. Now, with a 500 GB disk available, I assume your system is not the latest. I would keep it simple, forget a SSD for the moment as a boot disk, it may be overkill in your current system, and get as many 1+ TB Seagate 7200.14 or WD Caviar Blacks as your budget allows (up to 5). When you buy a new system in the future, you can take these disks along to the new system.

New Disk Setup - 4 SSDs, 3 HDs - what {not} to RAID

I am building a new machine (a first for me & with 2 years of savings) and will finally have a powerful machine to work (using a 2009 Macbook Pro for 4 years).
I have purchased the following:
Samsung 840 Pro SSD- 256GB - 2 nos. (seq. read/write 500+)
Samsung 840 (nonPro) - 128GB - 2 nos. (seq. read ~500 but write only ~125)
Seagate 7200rpm HD - 2TB - 3 nos.
And my plan is to use
C: > Samsung 840 Pro 256GB : OS and Applications
D: > Samsung 840 Pro 256GB: Previews and Renders
E: > Samsung 840 128GB x 2 RAID-0 : Footage
F: > Seagate 2TB x 2 RAID-0 HDD : Exports and General Personal Files (like Docs, Music)
G: > Seagate 2TB : Dedicated solely as Backup Drive for crictical data at a given time (taking manual backups on old external drives).
Can someone please give me feedback on this setup and recommendations on which to use for what all.
Let me know any input or suggestion you may have like maybe a totally different setup (like all SSDs independent and 3xHDDs as RAID-0).
I am also particularly looking for suggestions of which ports on my MoBo to connect these to.
I am using a ASUS P9X79 Pro so have 8 Ports - 2xSATA3 Intel, 2xSATA3 Marvell, 4xSATA2.
And fyi I am using an Intel i7 3930K, Gigabyte GTX770 4GB and 64GB RAM.
I posted this question 1 week ago along with PC build (http://forums.adobe.com/message/5464227).
I got valuable suggestions on the build part (like cooling and upgrading RAM) but am still looking for more inputs on disk setup.
Thanks for your time.

I don't like RAID 0. It's just a bad idea for anything that you can't lose. Fine for things like cache and previews, though. But you don't have enough drives to go around for that. The idea is to get the five basic drives in place first - OS/Projects/Cache/Media/Exports - and only once those are in place should you consider making a RAID of any kind. After those five, you had two left, both smaller SSDs, but not the same model, so it made more sense to get that data security for the Projects, which left one drive. AE Global Cache is a good use for SSDs.
The non-Pro 840's may be slower by comparison, but their write performance isn't critical used in the suggested way (and they'll still write faster than a hard drive).

Disk setup optimization for CS6?

Hi guys another one of these...Need drive set up advise please
First and FOREMOST I'VE READ ALL THE TWEAKERS PAGE so my situation is not in there unfortunaltely so any comment about go read them is uneccesary. Why? Because it does not consist of all identical drives and unfortunately I have to make due with what i have for now in terms of drives...
System I5-3570k (4.2 oc), z77-ud5h mobo, 16 Gb low latency 1600 mhz Ram, radeon hd sapphire 4870, Mac OS 10.8.5
The set up needs to help me work on RED foootage (which i'll reconvert if need be to pro res or cineform or work in proxy if need be until cc), so it's TEMPORARY. I understand the risks but doing this project will let me upgrade to better disks after. Meaning for the span of this project I don't care about redundancy (the cclient disk stays with me and i have copies)
Drives available:
1 x SSD 128 GB                                    (On Sata 3)                                                 r/w = 498
1 x 500 GB Seagate (sata II)    (c.16)    (On Sata II)                                                 r/w = 128
2 x 1TB WD Blue      (sata 3)    (c.64)    (On Sata II)                                                 r/w = 325 (Raid 0)
1 x 1TB WD Gr (7200) (sata II) (c.32)    (On Sata II)                                                 r/w = 84
1 x 90 GB SSD                                      (On sata 3)                                                 r/w = 500
2 x 320 GB WD Blue (sata II)   (c.16)    (On g-sata *)                                                 r/w = 228 (Raid 0)
   *possible either from board or asmedia1061 pci-e card
1 x 1.5 TB WD Gr (5400) Sata II        (c.32) =      (On g-sata)                                                  r/w = 70
EXTERNAL DRIVES : 2 TB Gdrive (e-sata FW800) - 2 TB USB 2 seagate - 2 TB La Cie usb2 (i have enough to do backups and will)
Apps used : CS6 (Premiere, AE, speed Grade) + FCPX + motion + c4d (eventualy Resolve lite at least)
Camera I edit from : Dslr - Arri - Ex1 -Ex3 - nexF700 - c300 -and red
What would be my best drive set up options. Not all drives need to be in there
understanding and trying to respect the spreading scheme so often pointed out here is one option
Option 1
SSD 128GB                         : OS/Programs + Page file (see a.)                                                498
Seagate 500GB                   : Projects                                                                                       128
2TB WD Blue RAID0            : Media                                                                                         325
640GB WD Blue Raid0        : Media Cache/Scratch Preview                                                  228
1TB WD Gr                          : Exports                                                                                           80
SSD 90GB                           : Dedicated AE cache (and maybe also for c4d + motion)            495
Notes:
-I feel 500GB for Projects is not a lot but enough if separate from media sources, but i put it there because it's faster then the 1 TB wd     Green (128 vs 84)? Where is speed more importan project files or exports?
-Media managewise this feels complicated a bit?
Option 2
SSD 128GB                         : OS/Programs + Page file (see a.)
1TB WD Gr                          : Projects                                                                                             80
2TB WD Blue RAID0            : Media                                                                                            325
640GB WD Blue Raid0        : Media Cache/Scratch Preview                                                       228
Seagate 500GB                  : Exports                                                                                             128
SSD 90GB                           : Dedicated AE cache (and maybe also for c4d and or motion)        495
Notes: This would mean faster exports and more projects space, but i don think speed wise it's my optimal choice although it stays true to spreading...
Option 3 : From adobe white paper hardware optimization...
Preferred is a four-drive system, with one dedicated to the operating system and software, the second for source media and project files, the third for the media cache, and the fourth for previews and exports.
That means this
SSD 128 GB                        : OS/Programs + Page file (see a.)                                                   498
2TB WD blue Raid 0            : Projects / Media                                                                              325
500GB Seagate                   : Media cache/ Scratch                                                                    128
640GB WD Blue Raid 0       : Previews Exports                                                                           228
SSD 90GB                           : Dedicated AE cache (and maybe also for c4d + motion)                495
Then Why not
SSD 128 GB                        : OS/Programs + Page file (see a.)                                                    498
640GB WD Blue Raid 0       : Projects + Exports                                                                           228
2TB WD blue + 1Tb WD Gr : Media / Media cache + Previews                                                   400
SSD 90GB                           : Dedicated AE cache (and maybe also for c4d + motion)                495
Or
SSD 128 GB                        : OS/Programs + Page file (see a.)                                                    498
3TB TB RAid 0 BL = Gr     : Projects + Media + Exports                                                              400
640GB WD Blue Raid 0       : Media cache + Previews                                                                 228
SSD 90GB                           : Dedicated AE cache (and maybe also for c4d + motion)                495
introduces more risk because of the mixed Wd Blue and green Raidd 0
But also seems OPTIMAL FOR media management and workflow as well
Or
SSD 128 GB                        : OS/Programs + Page file (see a.)                                                    498
500 GB Seagate                  : Projects                                                                                            128
3TB TB RAid 0 BL = Gr       : Media + exports                                                                               400
640GB WD Blue Raid 0       : Media cache + Previews                                                                 228
SSD 90GB                           : Dedicated AE cache (and maybe also for c4d + motion)                495
if spreading additonnal drive benefits more then raid 0 for projects whic i have a hard time to believe
But I'd prefer to keep the 500 seagate for office documents and non video editing related softwares then
Please feel free to suggest rearrangements. I can't buy an external Raid 3/5 solution for now
Q's from reding the tweakers page
a) is pagefile a mac concern?
b) Why would a raid 0 hurt project files, if it's also recommended for a raid 3/5 set up? is it just because of redundancy issues striclty or because of other issues?
d) What about the dedicated 90 GB ssd for AE cache (and or other motion 3d software) Good idean? 90 GB enough?
e) How much media cache is enough
f) Where do we need to adress the speed

Ok good start (btw it's a hackintos...used to be on macs, could afford a new MPro that's why i did it that way)
So if i were to put all caches on my second raido (640 GB) except the AE cache that i would put on the 90GB SSD would that help?
by f) i meant in relation to drive assignation : Projects : Media : Media Cache/Scratch Preview : Previews and exports
The 1.5 T Green was out of the equation (5400) for sure but the 1TB Green is 7200 RPM. Would it be separate 4th drive for exports and be better ? And you find it too risky to add it as a third drive of a Raid 0.
So that leaves
SSD 128 GB                        : OS/Programs + Page file (see a.)                                                    498
500 GB Seagate                  : Projects                                                                                             128
2TB WD BL RAid 0              : Media + exports                                                                                325
640GB WD Blue Raid 0       : Media cache + Previews                                                                  228
*SSD 90GB                           : Dedicated AE cache (and maybe also for c4d + motion)                495
SSD 128 GB                        : OS/Programs + Page file (see a.)                                                   498
2TB WD blue Raid 0            : Projects / Media                                                                               325
500GB Seagate                   : Media cache/ Scratch                                                                    128
640GB WD Blue Raid 0       : Previews Exports                                                                           228
*SSD 90GB                           : Dedicated AE cache (and maybe also for c4d + motion)                495
or do you see a better set up

How do you change the default User in Windows 7 on a non-RAIDed 4 disk setup?

Hi.
I have installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit on Darling my new machine, which has a four-disk setup without RAID, like this:
SSD OCZ -OS, Programs (C:)
WD 2002FEAX - Media Projects (D:)
WD 1002FAEX - Pagefile, Media Cache (E:)
WD 1002FAEX - Previews, Exports (F:)
This setup, and because it’s unRAIDed (four separate disks), created the User file in the OS disk, right under the Programs (x86) folder, which at times causes files, which are not programs, to automatically be saved in the User file that's in the Programs disk, when in fact Programs disk is NOT meant for storage.
Further, I cannot save stuff in My Documents because that directory leads the files (that I am saving) to the User folder in the OS disk, forcing me to navigate out of there and into an alternative disk, which is time consuming, more so than if i had a directory leading to D disk.
So, I am wondering, can anyone help me change my directory to establish the default User folder in any folder other than C?
Or, if can someone refer me to Windows 7 tutorials, resourses, that are a tad more than Dummy level.
I have heard that changing around the directory as such can mess with the OS, and though not at Dummy level, I’m quite new to PC and profusely insecure about making changes to Darling at all.
Thanks.

Hi folks.
I would like to update you about what happened regarding my wish to move the User location to another hard disk. Heeding your warning, i did NOT attempt that, but rather, moved the location of the My Documents folder in my Library, from its default place on (SSD) disk C:/ (which is the default location because that's where i installed Windows 7,) to another disk - D:/ called "Media Projects".
Here is how my directory looked before i made the change, my three hard disks were outside the Library directory that's on my SSD (Programs disk):
(I did that by right-clicking the My Documents folder in the left column of a browser window, to access the Location tab.)
What this did is, it put driver D:/ under Documents, which is under Library, see picture, which now enables saving documents quickly, by going from my Library directly to my D drive, however it eliminated the "My Documents" folder/possibility all together from the left-column list of folders in the Windows Explorer browser pane.
I am now trying to do the same with Music, Pictures, and Videos, i.e. to move them to D drive, but am unable to do so because right-clicking those icons in the directory does not produce the Location tab in Properties panel, and nor does right-clicking inside the files themselves.
Similarly, right-clicking Downloads, which i also want to have residing in my D drive, does NOT produce a Location tab in properties pane, though it does seem possible to change the directory manually...see picture.....but am wary....
I am still monitoring my new system, and will see if and how this change effects my system's performance.
Thanks.

Connected a new 2nd phone to my laptop and when asked to setup as new or restore, I chose to restore. Now thinking I should have setup as new. How do I change this?

I connected a new 2nd iphone to my laptop. When asked to setup as new or to restore from backup, I chose restore because I thought it would load all of the apps and their relevant data faster. Now I'm wondering if I shouldn't have done that. My 1st phone is my work phone and now my 2nd phone (personal) has my work Exchange information loaded in it and they are both syncing my personal phone number it seems. Maybe I should have set it up as new? How do I change that?

If you don't transfer the backup for your other iPhone or leave it as is, you must set up and transfer everything manually after restoring your new iPhone as a new iPhone or not from the backup.

HT1923 hi, my mac air is really low on disk space, can i remove iTunes (which is huge) to an external hard drive to free up space and then just run it from the hard drive. instead of taking space on the mac? even if the mac no longer has enough to accommo

Hi, my mac air is really low on disk space, can I remove itunes (which is huge) to an external hard drive to free up space?...and then run it from the hard drive instead of the mac,even if the mac no longer has space to accomodate the size of the library?

Yes.
Copy your music iTunes Library folder to the external drive and change the Advanced settings in iTunes to point to this new location.
Once you're happy with these changes you can delete the same Library from your User account to free up space on the internal drive.

I would like to make one static copy of Firefox, so I can restore it if I have a hard drive crash, or if I want to upgrade my internal disk, or if I want to have a duplicate on another replacement computer.

''dupe of https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918473''
I would like to make one static copy of Firefox, so I can restore it if I have a hard drive crash, or if I want to upgrade my internal disk, or if I want to have a duplicate on another replacement computer.

Hi tchmielewski,
You should look into [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-firefox-sync Firefox Sync]. I think it will do everything that you are asking for. This will allow you to have all of your Firefox preferences and settings shared across multiple computers.
You could also create a backup on a USB drive in case of catastrophic failture. I would suggest that you back up your personal information and bookmarks using the article [[Backing up your information]].
Hopefully this helps!

How to upgrade the hard disk of the nomad jukebox

I read the FAQ of nomad on nomadness.net, I wanna know how to upgrade the hard disk of old nomad jukebox with a bigger one?
I also read a artical on tom's hardware about this,
http://www7.tomshardware.com/mobile/20000/mp3-3.html
but he gave a link
http://www.kuren.org/jukebox
that is not available. He mentioned that it need to clone the fist 65536 sectors from the old disk to the new one, but I have not the old hard disk( I bought a second hand nomad jukebox without the original hard disk). How should I do?
Does someone have the image file of the fist 65536 sectors from the old disk?
Thank you!

That was the old method before Creative published their Bootcode Flasher software.
Follow the instructions here:
http://www.nomadness.net/modules.php...ticle&artid=24
All files mentioned are available somewhere on Nomadness. Also check out the sticky thread in their JB section of the forum as it lists what hard dri'ves will work in a JB and which ones won't. I hope you haven't already bought your upgrade hard dri've.
I used the above method without any problems and now have a 20GB JB.
PB

Disk setup help

NOTE: I've seen the Tweakers page on disk setup which was helpful but I guess a quick clarification of my setup below would be nice.
I'm currently editing on an 2011 iMac with an added internal SSD for the OS and Program and wanted to know how best to use my other drives.
WORKFLOW: I edit AVCHD footage mostly and use warp stabilizer effect a TON. Also, all my footage is 60p but edited on a 24p timeline. Oh and I don't usually render stuff. Each project (event) has about 50gb of footage and when it's done, I offload it and start a new one in the same way.
DRIVES I CURRENTLY OWN: I have essentially 4 drives.
1) Internal 128GB SSD
2) External Samsung 840 Pro SSD connected via Thunderbolt adapter
3&4) Two external 2TB HDDs in RAID0 (4TB total) connected to a La Cie Thunderbolt adapter.
Tweakers page suggests putting media cache on the SSD. Okay then. I'm all for that.
Proposed SETUP:
So should I do something like this?:
OS, Program = Internal SSD
Media, Project files, EXPORTS = 4TB RAID0 (I'm okay with the risk of exports being on the RAID0 because the files are quickly burned to disc and uploaded online)
Media Cache, Preview (again, I don't really have previews I don't think so maybe I should put exports here??) = Samsung 840 Pro SSD (128gb)
What do you think? And where should I put my auto-saves? I'd put it on the RAID0 too but then if that drive fails I'd have no back up of my project file which is what happened to me this summer with my old HDD.
Thanks!

Is one of these setups better than another and why?
For Media Cache Files & Database...
1) Have it on a separate fast SSD as suggested before.
2) Have it on the fast internal SSD since I have TONS of extra Space. This SSD gets that fastest read/write speeds.
3) Have it on the fast exteranl SSD that holds the media/project files since I have lots of extra space on there too and Premiere allows one to "save media cache files next to media files when possible" so that makes it easy to clean when I'm done with that project.
QUESTION 1: Originally I had planned on #1, but I already have drives #1 and #2 so is their any real advantage to #1 and if so, why?
QUESTION 2: And of the options #2 and #3, which one is best and why?

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