Is it worth moving Media Cache and Database to a Thunderbolt attached SSD?

[Philip Owens]

Well, I’m running everything on a recent MBP with connections to a stack of G-RAIDs via Thunderbolt monitor. I’m not overly concerned about performance, but was just wondering if I added a Thunderbolt 3 attached SSD and used that as the media cache drive, would there be any significant performance benefit overall? I note this article which points out how often media cache items are accessed – https://www.digistor.com.au/the-latest/techblog-adobe-media-cache/

Just mildly curious.

[Greg Janza]

https://youtu.be/r7zI7MYSY_0

Windows 10 Pro
i7-5820k CPU
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
Adobe CC 2018
Renders/cache: Samsung SSD 950 Pro x2 in Raid 0
Media: Samsung SSD 960 PRO PCIe NVMe M.2 2280
Media: OWC Thunderbay 4 x 2 Raid 0 mirrored with FreeFileSync

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[Philip Owens]

I almost never use AE, in truth.

[Philip Owens]

Thanks for this – so it seems like it would indeed be helpful.