Disk Setup for Adobe Software

[raspberrypihole]

I recently installed a NVME SSD in my system and I would like to know the best disk setup for Adobe software.

Here is my system disk setup.

- 970 Evo Plus 500 GB (C Drive for OS) (~3000MB/s)

- Adata SP600 240 GB SATA SSD (~400MB/s)

- WD Blue 1 TB (~125MB/s)

[Option 1] OS, Software on C drive; Cache Scratch, Project on secondary SSD.
[Option 2] OS, Software, Project on C drive; Cache, Scratch on secondary SSD

The OS and software is already on my C drive. And I will put the scratch file and media cache in my secondary 240 GB SATA SSD. But I'm not so sure where to put my project files.

For the best optimized solution, should I put my media file on my M2 SSD or is it better to put in the SATA along with the cache.

 

[jaslion]

All on c drive part from project files those can be wherever.

[raspberrypihole]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

All on c drive part from project files those can be wherever.

I looked online and a lot of people say getting cache off the system drive would be better. So I guess in my case putting all the cache on C drive because it's the fastest drive? Even though it's a system drive

 

[Nord1ing]

You can probably use symbolic links (mklink) to move anywhere everything from default folders.

I did not tested with Adobe software, but this method work fine with browsers and CAD software

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, raspberrypihole said:

I looked online and a lot of people say getting cache off the system drive would be better. So I guess in my case putting all the cache on C drive because it's the fastest drive? Even though it's a system drive

 

What type of footage are you editing? You probably won't be limited by disk io for most h264/ other low bitrate workloads.

 

Id keep cache off the system drive as you have a sata ssd, but it likely won't matter.

[raspberrypihole]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

What type of footage are you editing? You probably won't be limited by disk io for most h264/ other low bitrate workloads.

 

Id keep cache off the system drive as you have a sata ssd, but it likely won't matter.

Sorry I forgot to mention I edit H264 and HEVC 4K and 1080p files. I will put OS on the M2 and cache on SATA. Should I put my projects on system drive, or cache drive? 

[LaFemmeEnVert]

31 minutes ago, raspberrypihole said:

I recently installed a NVME SSD in my system and I would like to know the best disk setup for Adobe software.

Here is my system disk setup.

- 970 Evo Plus 500 GB (C Drive for OS) (~3000MB/s)

- Adata SP600 240 GB SATA SSD (~400MB/s)

- WD Blue 1 TB (~125MB/s)

[Option 1] OS, Software on C drive; Cache Scratch, Project on secondary SSD.
[Option 2] OS, Software, Project on C drive; Cache, Scratch on secondary SSD

The OS and software is already on my C drive. And I will put the scratch file and media cache in my secondary 240 GB SATA SSD. But I'm not so sure where to put my project files.

For the best optimized solution, should I put my media file on my M2 SSD or is it better to put in the SATA along with the cache.

 

1. dedicated SSD for windows and applications (500GB - 1TB, can be SATA drive)
2. 4x1TB nvme SSD in RAID 0 using Sonnet M.2 4x4 PCIe card for active projects (doesn't need to be like my setup, but a good capacity fast SSD)
3. 1TB nvme SSD for cache (can be SATA instead of NVME)
4. 2x10tb HDD in RAID 0 for temporary archive

Separate OS, Project and Cache drives

The fastest drive in my setup is No.2, read/write speeds at least 5000 megabytes per second

When I am working on a project, all the files for that project remain on No.2 (except stock resources that I may re-use from my stock library which sits inside a Stock resource folder on No.4).  When a project is done, I archive everything and use No.4 for temporary storage in case a client wants me to rework something.  After a few months and it has become unlikely that the project will be opened again I offload it to long term archive.

[jaslion]

13 minutes ago, raspberrypihole said:

I looked online and a lot of people say getting cache off the system drive would be better. So I guess in my case putting all the cache on C drive because it's the fastest drive? Even though it's a system drive

 

Pretty much cache goes on the fastest drive your os and software will have little impact on it and vice versa.

[LaFemmeEnVert]

27 minutes ago, raspberrypihole said:

- 970 Evo Plus 500 GB (C Drive for OS) (~3000MB/s)

- Adata SP600 240 GB SATA SSD (~400MB/s)

- WD Blue 1 TB (~125MB/s)

with your setup, I would change to
Adata SP600 SSD to OS drive
970 EVO Plus to Cache Drive
WD Blue for project files drive

[Electronics Wizardy]

17 minutes ago, raspberrypihole said:

Sorry I forgot to mention I edit H264 and HEVC 4K and 1080p files. I will put OS on the M2 and cache on SATA. Should I put my projects on system drive, or cache drive? 

With the low bitrate footage, it likely won't make a huge differnce, but Id keep the current project on the boot ssd.

[raspberrypihole]

6 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

With the low bitrate footage, it likely won't make a huge differnce, but Id keep the current project on the boot ssd.

Ok, I think I'll go with that. And also switch the SSD sometimes because another user mentioned cache goes on the fastest one. 

OS, Programs, Current Project: SSD 1

Media Cache, Scratch: SSD 2

Archive, Video/Sound/Image Asset Packs: HDD

[Electronics Wizardy]

5 minutes ago, raspberrypihole said:

Ok, I think I'll go with that. And also switch the SSD sometimes because another user mentioned cache goes on the fastest one. 

OS, Programs, Current Project: SSD 1

Media Cache, Scratch: SSD 2

Archive, Video/Sound/Image Asset Packs: HDD

For your use it really won't matter, I wouldn't bother reinstalling your os if performance isn't a issue.

 

Here is a better look at disk performce, but remember there running much more disk heavy workloads than you are 

 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Premiere-Pro-CC-2015-4-Storage-Optimization-854/

[raspberrypihole]

37 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

For your use it really won't matter, I wouldn't bother reinstalling your os if performance isn't a issue.

 

Here is a better look at disk performce, but remember there running much more disk heavy workloads than you are 

 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Premiere-Pro-CC-2015-4-Storage-Optimization-854/

Oh I see. It looks like there is negligible difference between putting media file on system drive/separate drive or hard drive. I will just stick to the setup I mentioned previously.

Thank you everyone who helped me out.