• Adobe Premiere Pro

  confused about Apple Fusion drive and editing w/ separate video drives

  Posted by Samuel Frazier on September 25, 2013 at 5:14 pm

  I’ve done some research and found that Fusion drives choke when asked to move files over a certain size (around 80 gigs for many). Also read that for this reason Fusion drives are not recommended for video editors. What I can’t find out is if this problem only exists if you use the Fusion drive for your media. Since I have to travel and use different computers during the week, my plan was to have all media for the edit on an external SSD (single or two disk raid 0) and connect via USB 3 or Thunderbolt. The Fusion drive would primarily have my applications and little else.

  So, would I still be subject to the Fusion slowdown/ choking?

  Thanks for any help!

  Samuel Frazier replied 12 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Tim Jones

  September 25, 2013 at 5:57 pm

  That is the best way to arrange things. I use this method on my systems – Fusion for Apps and OS only. All other files are either on a (brand new) Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SSD via TB (mobile), or a multi-unit SAS array (3 RAID-5 boxes striped together as a single volume).

  I have no issues with performance or file size.

  Tim
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  Tim Jones
  CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
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  Samuel Frazier

  September 26, 2013 at 12:57 am

  Thank you very much for clarifying that!!

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