Scratch disk

[Stylz]

only thing you should store on scratch disk is actual captured vide/audio and movie exports.

Do not, I repeat do not place conformed audio on scratch disk(or preview files).

[Eyal Gordin]

So I can keep the conformed audio and all the previews on the RAID disk , which is the sistem as well?
Thanks

Eyal Gordin
Designer of the unique
http://www.framedmemory.com

[Redgum]

Stylz,
Why? Many people only have two drives and you wouldn’t want to store temporary/conformed files on your system drive. What has happened to you in the past to come to this conclusion?

Redgum Television Productions
Broadcast & Corporate Documentaries
Brisbane, Australia

[Stylz]

dang, tried to find the post. Maybe not searchable anymore. Make a long story short, I moved my conformed and preview files to scratch disk and I couldnt get video or audio on any of my projects. I believe mr. anaarav assited on that one. Showed me a website that helped fix the problem. Had to move conformed audio and preview files back to symstem hard drive. Logic would tell me if you set up all that on the scratch disk after a fresh install of p.pro then it would work. Sure there is a solution to this problem, but noone came up with one.

[Stylz]

https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=3&postid=822247

[Stylz]

oops. I found the post. Look up.

[Redgum]

Stylz,
Each solution to the “Scratch Disk” depends on the individual setup. On my laptop I have an external USB drive with resources and captured video, and my conformed files are on my system drive. USB and Firewire do not generally have enough throughput to handle video and conformed files from the one source. This could be different with Eyal who uses a Lacie 800 firewire drive. If he has 800 firewire port on his computer then he could probably store all his files on the Lacie. It’s all about the ability for your system to handle throughput.

Eyal,
I see you have a Raid (presume 0 Raid) and the Lacie drive setup. I presume you don’t have any other drives in the PC.
To maximise your performance I would abandon the Raid, seperate the drives and use them individually.
System on #1, Conformed and temporary files on #2 and video resources on the Lacie (#3). I’m a strong proponent of Raids but to be useful (performance wise) you need that third drive in the system to achieve the best outcome. Alternately, you could simply install an additional drive.
Unless you have a mirrored Raid I would also be careful of using this as the system drive.

Redgum Television Productions
Broadcast & Corporate Documentaries
Brisbane, Australia

[Eyal Gordin]

Hi
Thanks for the response. I do have RAID 0 as system. I also have another drive but it is the slowest of them all. Having said that, I’m also a RAID fan and I’m worried seperating the drives. If I wanted to stay like I have, should I still put the video on the Lacie and the audio and preview on the RAID?
Thanks

Eyal Gordin
Designer of the unique
http://www.framedmemory.com

[Redgum]

What speed is your “slow” drive? Generally, internal drives will always be faster than external drives (there are exceptions).
What speed is your firewire connection? If it’s 800 then you wouldn’t have any problem leaving all your files on the Lacie. The other alternative is to direct them back to your Raid so that you end up with Prem Pro and conformed/temporary files on your Raid and video files on your Lacie.

Redgum Television Productions
Broadcast & Corporate Documentaries
Brisbane, Australia