Hard drives setup for video work?

[Guest]

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First off, I'm a total newbie to video editing. I'd like to setup my hard
drives for optimal performace. The drives are (1) 160GB, (1) 250GB, (1)
30GB. I'd like to probably seperate the OS, swapfile & temp (folders), onto
seperate drives and also keep the video seperate, too. I'm figuring: 30GB:
OS & programs drive; 160GB split into a 35GB part. for the swap and temp
stuff, and the rest for video; 250GB split into two 125(roughly) or keep it
as one. Any help is appreciated. Oh, if it matters I'll be using Vegas4.
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Tony

 

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"Tony S" wrote ...
> First off, I'm a total newbie to video editing. I'd like to setup my hard
> drives for optimal performace. The drives are (1) 160GB, (1) 250GB, (1)
> 30GB. I'd like to probably seperate the OS, swapfile & temp (folders),
onto
> seperate drives and also keep the video seperate, too. I'm figuring:
30GB:
> OS & programs drive; 160GB split into a 35GB part. for the swap and temp
> stuff, and the rest for video; 250GB split into two 125(roughly) or keep
it
> as one. Any help is appreciated. Oh, if it matters I'll be using
Vegas4.

Keep OS and swap on the same spindle (drive). Whether they are
the same or separate partitions is up to you. Putting swap on the same
spindle as A/V data is NOT recommended.

I would put OS, temp, applications on the 30Gb drive,
and use the two larger ones for A/V data files and temp.
This is, in fact, how I have my systems set up.

 

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First off, thanks for replying, Richard.

I forgot to mention two things that might be important. I have 1GB PC3500
Corsair RAM and I'll be doing mostly VHS to DvD work, care of a Canopus
ADVC-300 analog-dv convertor and the Vegas+DVD s/w.

Does Vegas (or any video editing s/w) actually use its own swap file and how
big can/do they get...... the whole size of the file you're editing?
Should I put Vegas's temp/swapfile(if applicable) on the 120GB?
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Tony

"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley7@xprt.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Tony S" wrote ...
> > First off, I'm a total newbie to video editing. I'd like to setup my
hard
> > drives for optimal performace. The drives are (1) 160GB, (1) 250GB, (1)
> > 30GB. I'd like to probably seperate the OS, swapfile & temp (folders),
> onto
> > seperate drives and also keep the video seperate, too. I'm figuring:
> 30GB:
> > OS & programs drive; 160GB split into a 35GB part. for the swap and
temp
> > stuff, and the rest for video; 250GB split into two 125(roughly) or keep
> it
> > as one. Any help is appreciated. Oh, if it matters I'll be using
> Vegas4.
>
> Keep OS and swap on the same spindle (drive). Whether they are
> the same or separate partitions is up to you. Putting swap on the same
> spindle as A/V data is NOT recommended.
>
> I would put OS, temp, applications on the 30Gb drive,
> and use the two larger ones for A/V data files and temp.
> This is, in fact, how I have my systems set up.
>
>

 

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"Tony S" wrote ...
> I forgot to mention two things that might be important.
> I have 1GB PC3500 Corsair RAM and I'll be doing mostly
> VHS to DvD work, care of a Canopus ADVC-300 analog-dv
> convertor and the Vegas+DVD s/w.

I am running only 512Mb of RAM. Theoretically (and
practically, for that matter) the more RAM you have,
the less you are dependent on the OS swap/page file.

I use my ADVC-100 and my DSR-20 VCR, but the Firewire
video source should have nothing to do with any setup factors
on your computer.

> Does Vegas (or any video editing s/w) actually use its
> own swap file

I was refering to the operating system swap file (aka
"page file"). The one that is used to swap program/data
out/in to RAM.

Dunno. Does the Vegas documentation say anything about
needing its own swap file?

> and how big can/do they get......

The size of the OS swap/page file is dependent on which OS
you are running, the size of RAM, and a few other factors.
There are several good sources of advice on how big to make
the OS swap/page file.

OTOH, if you are talking about some swap file used by the
NLE application (Vegas or whatever), you will have to
consult the documentation that came with it.

I use only Adobe Premiere, and it does not use a swap file.
It does, however create temp files for portions of (altered)
video that must be re-rendered.

> the whole size of the file you're editing?

Seems highly unlikely.

 

[Guest]

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Sounds ok to me. Your on the right track.

-Richard


Tony S wrote:
> First off, I'm a total newbie to video editing. I'd like to setup my hard
> drives for optimal performace. The drives are (1) 160GB, (1) 250GB, (1)
> 30GB. I'd like to probably seperate the OS, swapfile & temp (folders), onto
> seperate drives and also keep the video seperate, too. I'm figuring: 30GB:
> OS & programs drive; 160GB split into a 35GB part. for the swap and temp
> stuff, and the rest for video; 250GB split into two 125(roughly) or keep it
> as one. Any help is appreciated. Oh, if it matters I'll be using Vegas4.
> ---
> Tony
>
>

 

[Guest]

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On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 10:15:33 -0400, "Tony S" <nospam@thanx.not> wrote:

>First off, I'm a total newbie to video editing. I'd like to setup my hard
>drives for optimal performace. The drives are (1) 160GB, (1) 250GB, (1)
>30GB. I'd like to probably seperate the OS, swapfile & temp (folders), onto
>seperate drives and also keep the video seperate, too. I'm figuring: 30GB:
>OS & programs drive; 160GB split into a 35GB part. for the swap and temp
>stuff, and the rest for video; 250GB split into two 125(roughly) or keep it
>as one. Any help is appreciated. Oh, if it matters I'll be using Vegas4.

Put all the different drives on different controllers -- all "masters".

Put the OS, swap file and application on one drive -- probably the 30GBer.

Capture to one of the other drives and then render from there to the final
drive. When you are manipulating huge A/V files, do your best to always
put the source and destination files on seperate drives which are on
seperate controllers for optimum performance.

 

[Guest]

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Sounds good. Thanks for the help, Nomen. I'll try that out.
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Tony


"Nomen Nescio" <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote in message
news:35f13570e5ab3ebeed809fb783945d30@dizum.com...
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 10:15:33 -0400, "Tony S" <nospam@thanx.not> wrote:
>
> >First off, I'm a total newbie to video editing. I'd like to setup my hard
> >drives for optimal performace. The drives are (1) 160GB, (1) 250GB, (1)
> >30GB. I'd like to probably seperate the OS, swapfile & temp (folders),
onto
> >seperate drives and also keep the video seperate, too. I'm figuring:
30GB:
> >OS & programs drive; 160GB split into a 35GB part. for the swap and temp
> >stuff, and the rest for video; 250GB split into two 125(roughly) or keep
it
> >as one. Any help is appreciated. Oh, if it matters I'll be using
Vegas4.
>
> Put all the different drives on different controllers -- all "masters".
>
> Put the OS, swap file and application on one drive -- probably the 30GBer.
>
> Capture to one of the other drives and then render from there to the final
> drive. When you are manipulating huge A/V files, do your best to always
> put the source and destination files on seperate drives which are on
> seperate controllers for optimum performance.
>

 

[DC]

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Thanks for the tip, too.

Doug
Oakland, CA


"Nomen Nescio" <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote in message
news:35f13570e5ab3ebeed809fb783945d30@dizum.com...
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 10:15:33 -0400, "Tony S" <nospam@thanx.not> wrote:
>
> >First off, I'm a total newbie to video editing. I'd like to setup my hard
> >drives for optimal performace. The drives are (1) 160GB, (1) 250GB, (1)
> >30GB. I'd like to probably seperate the OS, swapfile & temp (folders),
onto
> >seperate drives and also keep the video seperate, too. I'm figuring:
30GB:
> >OS & programs drive; 160GB split into a 35GB part. for the swap and temp
> >stuff, and the rest for video; 250GB split into two 125(roughly) or keep
it
> >as one. Any help is appreciated. Oh, if it matters I'll be using
Vegas4.
>
> Put all the different drives on different controllers -- all "masters".
>
> Put the OS, swap file and application on one drive -- probably the 30GBer.
>
> Capture to one of the other drives and then render from there to the final
> drive. When you are manipulating huge A/V files, do your best to always
> put the source and destination files on seperate drives which are on
> seperate controllers for optimum performance.
>


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