Software available for working with large video files?

Hello,
I'm working in PP CS6. I was wondering if there are any workarounds or 3rd party plugins/software that
make working with really large video files easier and faster?
Thanks.
Mark

Hi Jeff,
Thanks for helping. This is the first time I shot video with my Nikon D5200. It was only a 3 minute test clip
set at the highest resolution, 1920x1080-60i. I saw the red line above the clip in PP CS6 and hit the enter
key to render the clip.
It took almost 18 minutes or so to render the clip. This is probably normal but I was wondering if there is
a way to reduce the file size so it doesn't take quite as long to render. I just remember a few years back
that when the Red camera was out, guys were working with really huge files and there was a program
from Cine something that they used to reduce the file size and make it more manageable when editing.
I could be mistaken. I've been out of the editing look for a few years and just getting back into it.
Thanks.
Mark
Here's my PC's components list you asked for:
VisionDAW 4U 8-Core Xeon Workstation
  2 Intel QUAD-Core Xeon 5365-3.0GHz, 8MB, 1333MHz Processors
  16GB 667MHz Fully Buffered Server Memory Modules (2x2GB)
  Microsoft® Windows® Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)
  WDC 250GB, Ultra ATA100, 7200 rpm, 8MG Buffer Main OS HD
  2 WWDC 750GB, SATA II, 7200 RPM, 16MB Buffer HD (Raid 0)
  2 WDC 750GB, SATA II, 7200 rpm, 16MG Buffer HD (Samples)
  2 WDC 1TB Enterprise Class, SATA II, 7200 RPM, 32MB Buffer Hard Drive
  MOTU 24 I/O (main) / MOTU 2408mk3 (slave)
  Plexor PX-800A 18X Dbl. Layer DVD+/-RW Optical Drive
  Buffalo BuRay Drive (External) BR-816SU2 
  Front Panel USB Acess
  Integrated FireWire (1394a) interface
  Thermaltake Toughpower 850W Power Supply
  3xUAD1 Universal Audio Cards
  NVIDIA QUADRO FX 1800 / Memory 768 MB GDDR3
  CUDA Parallel Processor Cores / 64
  Maximum Display Resolution Digital @60Hz = 2560x1600
  Memory Interface 192Bit
  Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) / 38.4 GB/sec
  PCI-Express, DUAL-Link DVI 1
  Digital Outputs 3 (2 out of 3 active at a time)
  Dual 25.5" Samsung 2693HM LCD HD Monitors

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