Scratch Disk Full - Need advice on disks

Hi,
I've got a brand new Intel Core i5 setup with 8GB RAM and a 300GB HDD. Full spec below:
ASUS P7P55D-E Pro
Intel Core i5 750
8GB Corsair Dominator PC12800 1600MHz DDR3 (plus fan)
Nvidia Quadro FX1800 768MB
Corsair TX650 PSU
Antec 300 Case
WD Velociraptor 300GB
Samsung F2380 23" Monitor
Wacom Intuos4 Graphics Tablet
I'm using the WD Velociraptor 300GB 10,000rpm drive as a sole drive in this computer. Currently it has 150GB free. The reason I got such a fast drive was to handle large files and boost loading times.
I'm getting the error "scratch disk is full" when trying to open a .psd file - 4.3m x 2.4m, 150dpi CMYK and is around 173MB. Also I noticed at the point the remaining 150GB fills up.
So, my questions:
Do I need to think about getting an additional disk?
If so, does a scratch drive need to be fast, or should the disk with the OS be faster?
I have 2x500GB WD drives that I can transfer to this computer - would these be good in a RAID0 array?
How much scratch disk space would I need for dealing with even bigger files? I have some that are several GB in size, but never had this scratch disk problem before, even on the previous system that only had 2GB RAM.

It is said that when PS is started it creates a scratch file based on previous usage.
Also, if PS is improperly closed, it leaves large scratch files on the nominated drive.
Make sure there are none left from earlier sessions – they are called Photoshop Temp 12345467 (no extension).
You also level things out by resetting your preferences as described in the FAQ.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776?tstart=0
You either have to physically delete (or rename) the preference files or, if using the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift method, be sure that you get a confirmation dialog.
This resets all settings in Photoshop to factory defaults. A complete uninstall/re-install will not affect the preferences and a corrupt file there may be causing the problem.

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Before I begin - please excuse my technological ignorance. If I leave out any information, please let me know and I will get any needed details up asap.
I have a MacBook Pro, running Version 10.9.2 OS X with 8 GB Memory and 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor. After multiple warnings that my startup disk was almost full, I finally received the dreaded 'your startup disk is full' message (my fault for ignoring all of the warnings!). I was able to free up a neglible amount of space by deleting useless files - so now I have 2.54GB free out of 159.18GB.
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I have two external hard drives and have copied my iPhoto library to both. Questions are:
*Is it better to backup/copy to EHD the source files for the photos (not sure if I'm using the right wording here) instead of the iPhoto library? While I foresee using Macs for a while, I would hate to lose access to these photos 20 years down the line because I know longer have iPhoto - or (heaven forbid) iPhoto is replaced by something else that can't open my library.
*If yes to above - how do I do this?
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*Is there a better option than EHDs for backing up a huge amount of photos?
Again - please excuse any places I may have used the wrong wording or term - I'm a bit new to this backing up business but want to make sure I don't lose any photos. With a 9 month old baby it seems something precious and photo-worthy happens every couple of minutes.
Thanks!!
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First of all you don't want to backup your photo library if the backup will be your only copy. If you delete the orinal library to gain space that will allow the backup software to delete the photos from your backup.
Also if your photos are valubable to you they really need the protection of a good well tested backup plan. Any data with any values always needs backup protection.
My suggestion is to move your photo library to and EHD that is formatted Mac OS Extended with GUID partition mapping. After the move test your library to be sure that the application can still open it properly. Once that is done, the original library can be deleted.
I would then get another EHD that is formatted MAC OS Extended with GUID partion mapping. Is hould be 2 to three time larger then you disk space start backing up to it. Time Machine is a very simple backup solution. Test the backup by restoring some data from the backup to sure your restore from it.
Allan

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About local snapshots
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When you're done with ODS, quit it and also quit Terminal.

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configure device type disk parallelism 4;
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configure controlfile autobackup on;
configure snapshot controlfile name to '/oracle_backup/rman/qa1/snapf_qa.f';
configure device type disk backup type to compressed backupset;
BACKUP INCREMENTAL LEVEL 0 as copy DATABASE TAG 'fullcopy_qa1';
RELEASE CHANNEL ch1;
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ALLOCATE CHANNEL ch1 TYPE disk;
BACKUP as copy ARCHIVELOG ALL;
BACKUP as copy CURRENT CONTROLFILE;
RELEASE CHANNEL ch1;
crosscheck backup;
delete NOPROMPT FORCE obsolete;
EXIT;
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channel ORA_DISK_1: datafile copy complete, elapsed time: 00:02:45
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile copy
input datafile file number=00020 name=+DAT/qa/datafile/ar1.296.776745679
output file name=+FRA/qa/datafile/ar1.13877.787082063 tag=FULLCOPY_QA1 RECID=1405 STAMP=787082225
channel ORA_DISK_1: datafile copy complete, elapsed time: 00:02:45
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile copy
input datafile file number=00019 name=+DAT/qa/datafile/ar1.295.776745679
output file name=+FRA/qa/datafile/ar1.13890.787082229 tag=FULLCOPY_QA1 RECID=1406 STAMP=787082404
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Security API failed with error -60008.
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Authentication error:
Security API failed with error -60008.
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Authentication error:
Security API failed with error -60008.
Number: 1
Authentication error:
Security API failed with error -60008.
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Dear Members,
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OK Guys I think I have solved my problem.
In my desperation to find meaning to why this was happening I stumbled across another forum where a user had a slightly related issue -> http://kubotaworkshops.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1028&sid=5e2982e3da6027f683997 ffbcf088d59
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Anyway I am not quite sure on his mathematics and how he arrived at the 60.3GB file size, but I am guessing that my files were large to start with and somehow the scratch disk size needed was even larger, hence the reason for the error. Would appreciate if someone can explain how the 60.3GB was derived from a 100K file, 400x600inc @ 300dpi as in the link above
Hopefully this was the fix. I have tried it out and I am able to crop. But then again thats what I said yesterday
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2. Delete "Recovered Messages", if any.
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3. Repair Disk
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4. Disk space / Time Machine ?/ Local Snapshots
   http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4878
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   http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409
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Dear ALL,
I have started to notice recently that when I run Photoshop CS on my Mac OSX Tiger, I am getting the Startup Disk Full error message. Never happended before.
Since my initial post I downloaded Macaroni (utility) and have run the daily/weekly/monthly backups, checked the /private/var/vm and /private/var/log and /Volumes. Nothing unusual there...
When I started getting this error I had 32GB left on a looked at my HD and I seem to have 32GB available on a 152GB drive. Now after deleting I have 76GB capacity left.
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Be sure to turn off Spotlight as it causes problems.
4GB of RAM would be nice, I understand small files don't work well if there is more than 4GB RAM but large files will. OS X uses free RAM as cache and RAM disk before using disk drives.
How much RAM is allocated to PS? More RAM would help.
A dedicated lean boot drive helps. Install just what is needed for your work, use a separate drive for data, and yet another RAID volume for scratch.
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I am getting a Photoshop CC "scratch disk full" error, but my scratch disk is C:/ and I have 40 gigs of free space - help!?!

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C

The rule of thumb I follow to figure out scratch space says to figure on 50 to 100 times the size of your largest file ever multiplied by the number of files you have open. I have seen the scratch file exceed 800 GB once, an admittedly rare occurrence, but it often exceeds 200 GB when stitching large panoramas and the like.
As an example—and stressing that I'm aware that others have even more scratch space than I do—I keep two dedicated, physically separate hard drives as my primary and secondary Photoshop scratch disks and a lot of GB free on my boot drive for the OS. I also have 16 GB of RAM installed.
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If you start at the Forums Index http://forums.adobe.com/index.jspa
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My old system (W-2000, 20Gb single HD, with 1.8 Pentium processor, 1Gb of RAM) worked perfectly with PS7 - never had any problems...
I've tried all fixes possible... HD is not even close to fragmented as is a new drive; not enough programs installed yet, or use on machine, for disk clean-up to be necessary; forced creation of the preference file (changed name to .old); and did the ctrl-alt-shift to boot to defaults. No idea what is going on or why it would say scratch disk full.

Uaphil wrote:
Actually, there are no partitions on my drive. (I didn't realize PS needed a different drive or partition) My old computer and HD didn't have partitions either, and worked perfectly.
Could it be an issue with PS7 and the size of the HD? If so, is there a patch for this?
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Empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. If you use iPhoto, empty its internal Trash first:
iPhoto ▹ Empty Trash
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ODS can't see the whole filesystem when you run it just by double-clicking; it only sees files that you have permission to read. To see everything, you have to run it as root.
Back up all data now.
Install ODS in the Applications folder as usual. Quit it if it's running.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
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☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The application window will open, eventually showing all files in all folders. It may take some minutes for ODS to list all the files.
I don't recommend that you make a habit of doing this. Don't delete anything while running ODS as root. If something needs to be deleted, make sure you know what it is and how it got there, and then delete it by other, safer, means. When in doubt, leave it alone or ask for guidance.
When you're done with ODS, quit it and also quit Terminal.

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I have refered it to get moved to the correct forum.
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