Hi. Thanks already for the advice I've received from reading earlier posts. But I need some specific advice about my setup, and was hoping I could get it here. FYI, I'm in the US and have no preference of where I buy the parts.
I am in the process of putting together a system that can handle HD video editing. These will be short clips of about 10-20 minutes. The footage will be shot on a Sony HDR-FX1 and will be edited with Adobe Premier CS3. I might be able to upgrade to CS4, but I currently only have CS3. I already have some components but need to finish it out. I will be using an ASUS P7P55D-E Pro motherboard with an i5-750 2.66Ghz CPU. I currently have 2X2GB DDR3 PC1333 RAM (4GB total). I have a 320GB SATA II 3Gb/s 16MB HD, Apevia 700W PSU, EVGA GTS250 1GB GPU, LG 22X DVD-RW, and running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. I also have 2 monitors, Hyundai X224W 22". I currently have an AZZA Solano 1000 case.
Now that you know what I have, I need help on what else I might need. I read on here in another post where specialk90 gave, what I thought, excellent advice on a similar situation although over a yr ago. He recommended using 4 total HDs where the two smaller ones were set up in a RAID 1 and a RAID 0 configuration. RAID 1 being where the OS and apps were and the RAID 0 being where the editing would take place. Something about the media cache needing to be cleaned out every few months so if this RAID 0 died, no biggie anyway. Then the two larger drives being a RAID 1 to store the footage.
I am currently thinking I'd like to set this up so when I power the unit on it asks me which "system" to boot up. The 320GB HD I already have has some games on it and I'd like to use this HD alone as the way I get online and basically "play". But since I will also be using this system for my video editing work, I'd like to separate my "play" from my "work". So I'd like to have the 4 HDs that I get for my video editing to be separated from my "play" HD. Is this possible? It would be great if I could achieve this. Can anyone suggest which HDs would be best for HD video editing with my system. I would like to utilize the 2- SATA 6Gb/s ports on the motherboard.
I have never set up a RAID configuration and would greatly appreciate anyone being able to explain to me how to do this. Especially considering I'll need to set up 3 RAIDs if I follow specialk90's advice. I don't even know how big each RAID should be on the HDs. Again, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I am in the process of putting together a system that can handle HD video editing. These will be short clips of about 10-20 minutes. The footage will be shot on a Sony HDR-FX1 and will be edited with Adobe Premier CS3. I might be able to upgrade to CS4, but I currently only have CS3. I already have some components but need to finish it out. I will be using an ASUS P7P55D-E Pro motherboard with an i5-750 2.66Ghz CPU. I currently have 2X2GB DDR3 PC1333 RAM (4GB total). I have a 320GB SATA II 3Gb/s 16MB HD, Apevia 700W PSU, EVGA GTS250 1GB GPU, LG 22X DVD-RW, and running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. I also have 2 monitors, Hyundai X224W 22". I currently have an AZZA Solano 1000 case.
Now that you know what I have, I need help on what else I might need. I read on here in another post where specialk90 gave, what I thought, excellent advice on a similar situation although over a yr ago. He recommended using 4 total HDs where the two smaller ones were set up in a RAID 1 and a RAID 0 configuration. RAID 1 being where the OS and apps were and the RAID 0 being where the editing would take place. Something about the media cache needing to be cleaned out every few months so if this RAID 0 died, no biggie anyway. Then the two larger drives being a RAID 1 to store the footage.
I am currently thinking I'd like to set this up so when I power the unit on it asks me which "system" to boot up. The 320GB HD I already have has some games on it and I'd like to use this HD alone as the way I get online and basically "play". But since I will also be using this system for my video editing work, I'd like to separate my "play" from my "work". So I'd like to have the 4 HDs that I get for my video editing to be separated from my "play" HD. Is this possible? It would be great if I could achieve this. Can anyone suggest which HDs would be best for HD video editing with my system. I would like to utilize the 2- SATA 6Gb/s ports on the motherboard.
I have never set up a RAID configuration and would greatly appreciate anyone being able to explain to me how to do this. Especially considering I'll need to set up 3 RAIDs if I follow specialk90's advice. I don't even know how big each RAID should be on the HDs. Again, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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