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  Files used for a project on after effect (Footage file storage location)

  Posted by Nieberding David on November 6, 2022 at 2:32 am

  Hello everyone,

  I am the president of a non-profit association based in Belgium and we create short and feature films for the deaf community. I have extensive knowledge for after effects for 10 years but I would like to have an expert opinion concerning the storage of the files used in the composition.

  After Effects i on my main hard drive wich is :

  Crucial SSD M.2 2TB

  Sequencial Read : 3500 Mb/s

  Sequential Write 3000 Mbs/s.

   

  The cache is on a SSD drive that is only for AE cache with 500 gb.

  Sequential Read/Write is 560 mb/s

   

  And the footage files are stored in a external ssd drive on usb 3.2

   

  So my question is :

  Should I put the files and the cache on my primary hard drive (the M.2 wich has a read speed of 3500 mb/s)

  Or I can still leave the cache on my ssd at 560 mb/s ?

  Regardring the files used, would it be better if they were on the M.2 to have a faster reading speed for to composition ?

   

  Best regards,

   

  David

  Nieberding David replied 3 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Walter Soyka

  November 6, 2022 at 2:58 am

  Speed is most important for the cache; I’d definitely move that to your M.2 drive. Speed for footage is less important unless your comps are really heavy on I/O.
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  Nieberding David

  November 6, 2022 at 1:28 pm

  Hello Walter,

  Thanks for your reply.

  I will make a folder on my master drive M.2 for the cache.

  But when I import files (large video) from another HD does it not slow up the whole process ? (preview and render) ?

  If my cache and files that I use on my composition are on (C:) Will this have performance benefit ?

  David

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