On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 01:40:07 +1000, Alice Dee <alicedee@my.rainbowzone.com> wrote:

>RGBaker wrote:

>>>Is it necessary to have a 2nd hard drive just for the video being

>>>edited(and Premiere software?) when using the Adobe software? The box

>>>reccommends a second harddrive and I am wondering if something like an

>>>external would be as good or better than an internal and what a good

>>>amount of GB would be so I would not need to upgrade for at least a

>>>couple years? Do I want the Premiere software on the 2nd harddrive

>>>also?

>>

>>

>> A 2nd HD is good, the larger the better, configure it as either the

>> Secondary master or an external Firewire/USB2 connection, DON'T place the

>> Premiere software on that drive -- the whole point is to keep separate

>> 'software and system files' from your 'video files' ...

>>

>> GB

>

>Sorry to butt in, but since you are on the subject, is a seperate

>partition on one drive an adequate solution? Is this just a size thing,

>or based on the idea that a separate drive can function separately from

>the system disk? (As in, not be affected by system operations that need

>to access the drive)

>

>I've always wondered.

>

>alice

If all is optimized (note the "if"!!!), you can do

NLE DV-editing with a single drive, but this can

result in problems if all does not remain optimized

(though using a fast RAID can delay problems [as

from disk fragmentation...]); better, a partition of

the single drive - but this is not as good a solution

as using a separate video-files drive. I prefer to

go further and use multiple video-file drives so I

can read from one and write to another - and I use

a separate drive for rendered parts (these act as

video files when exporting the video...). If you are

willing to maintain the drives in optimum condition

while working, minimal resources are needed; if you

just want reliability, use multiple drives (big drives

are cheap these days, and easy to install...)....