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Mac Pro - RAID 0 vs seperate scratch disk
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jimbosyn
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Aug 16, 2006, 08:35 AM
 
According to FEDEX, my Mac Pro will be arriving today. I have a quick question about the optimal disk configuration for my system. I will use it mainly for FCE HD, and iDVD. I have the standard 2.66 configuration with the 250GB hd. I have a second 250GB hd that I plan to install into the system. So here is my question.


Which would be faster for video editing/iDVD?

1) raid 0 boot volume of 500GB using both 250GB hard drives. FCE would use the boot volume for scratch.
2) standard boot volume with the second disk configured in FCE as the primary scratch disk.

I'd love to hear from some of the pros in here about the best configuration for my needs.

BTW, I have a second 1GB (2x512) of ram on the way from macsolutions.com

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Aug 16, 2006, 12:52 PM
 
I know that Photoshop benefits greatly from a seperate physical hard drive for a scratch disk. However, I'm not sure if this is the case with FCE...
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Aug 16, 2006, 05:24 PM
 
Originally Posted by brokenjago
I know that Photoshop benefits greatly from a seperate physical hard drive for a scratch disk. However, I'm not sure if this is the case with FCE...
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