[Ash Depp]

Hey Kris,

Thanks for your advice but unfortunately I don’t have the budget right now because I’m still a student with no extra income. But I will definitely put hardware raid controller on my list for future upgrade. Many thanks for the advice!

Regards,
Ash

[Ash Depp]

Nice! I like that setup as well! Now I can purchase the SSD and start rearranging my files. Thanks a lot for your advice and suggestions. Really helpful!

Regards,
Ash

[Ash Depp]

[Walter Soyka] “1 x 1TB 7200rpm HDD = OS and Applications
2 x 2TB HDD 7200rpm (RAID 0) = Media, Projects
1 x 2TB HDD 7200rpm = Exports, Previews
1 x 512gb SSD = Media Cache (both PP and AE)
1 x 4TB external HDD = Backups”

I think I like this setup and this is what Gabriel suggested as well. For my backups, the 4TB external HDD will be connected to my computer and the time machine will do the backups hourly. I also have another 2TB external HDD that I’ve used when I did my editing with my Macbook Pro before this and now I’m only using my Macbook Pro for presentations and doing research. So, I will use that to back up my Media + Projects and Exports + Previews drives. Maybe just Media + Projects if I don’t have enough space. And yeah, I will definitely try BackBlaze because they are offering unlimited data for a quite affordable price! Thanks for pointing that out and thanks a lot for your advice!

Regards,
Ash

[Ash Depp]

Hi Walter,

Thanks for your reply.

So, does this means that I’m good to go with this setup? :

1 x 1TB 7200rpm HDD = OS and Applications
3 x 2TB HDD 7200rpm (RAID 0) = Media, Projects, Exports, Previews
1 x 512gb SSD = Media Cache (both PP and AE)
1 x 4TB external HDD = Backups

* I don’t mind to RAID 0 because my 4TB external HDD is always connected and will do the backup hourly. *

Please do let me know if you have other suggestions in order for me to use my 3 x 2TB HDD, 1 x 1TB HDD and the 512gb SSD that I’m going to buy. Many thanks.

Regards,
Ash

[Ash Depp]

Haha. Yeah, that’s really true! I’m also not a computer scientists/engineers myself and it’s a bit hard to understand when people explain in forums/blogs.
Anyway, I will definitely post my questions there as well and hopefully I will get the best answer here or in the other forum. Thanks a lot!

Regards,
Ash Depp

[Ash Depp]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for your reply.

Doesn’t this setup means that the read and write process (Media, Previews, Media Cache) will be on the same drive (RAID 0)? I thought that Media Cache should have a dedicated or separate drive from the Media drive for the best performance? This is because the computer will read the Media and write the cache and having 2 separate drives for them will gain a better workflow.

This is just my opinion and what I know from what I’ve read. I’m still a student and don’t have that much experience in the real world yet. Just a few freelance here an there. So, please do correct me if I’m wrong and other suggestions are welcome. Thanks.

Regards,
Ash Depp

[Ash Depp]

Hey Gabriel,

Thanks for your reply.
I’ve read that SSD will have performance degradation if we’ve used like 60% of the capacity and this will happened if we write a lot of media cache in it. Is this true?So, let say if I’m using the Setup 2 and use the 1 x 1TB HDD for my OS and applications and then use the SSD for media cache. Do you think 512gb SSD is enough or is it overkill for media cache? If it is overkill, should I get a smaller capacity, maybe 256gb SSD? Because I can always clean/delete my cache files after finishing a project isn’t it? Many thanks.

Regards,
Ash Depp