Link to home
Start Free TrialLog in
Avatar of Karl R
Karl R

asked on

Faster and Safer Videoediting harddrive setup

Hello, i try to make my process of videoediting faster and Safer. And i think my current System is'nt eficcient and fast enough:

In Studio: (PC internal Drives)
System ssd
4x 3tb Hdds, projects finished and in Produktion and other Data, everyday everything gets copied like in Raid 1 ( Drive 1 to Drive 2, Drive 3 to Drive 4)

On the Road (Laptop)
2x 2tb external Hdds (2,5"), Backup everyday like Raid 1
System Ssd

Other info:
My Motherboard has only five sata ports, and only one sata 6gb/s (the System ssd) and No Raid build in.

My Problem is, that it isn't fast enough, efficient and Not safe enough.
So i tought of those Solutions:

1. Buy a Raid (5) enclosure or Card for the 4 Drives.
+ Faster
+ more space
-no protection against viruses
-potential Raid Controller failure
- not potable for on the road

2. Buy a Ssd with like one terabite space as editing Drive, with usb 3.1 enclosure for in Studio and on the road. Backing up on a slower external hdd. Use the 4x 3tb hdds in a Like 5 bay non Raid (or Raid?) enclosure as mainly backup of finished projects which get deleted from the ssd. Backup on those like before the changes and taking out one hdd of the pairs, after copiying New finished projects. New Pair of 2 Terabyte Hdds added in the Computer for other Data than Video projects. (Backed up Daily like Raid 1)
+faster editing storage
+safe
+Protection against viruses on finished project
+portable of editing drive
-1tb editing storage is for 4k not huge

What do you think about those Solutions? And do you have any recommandations for backup software for windows?
SOLUTION
Avatar of Keith Rose
Keith Rose

Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
Avatar of Karl R
Karl R

ASKER

Actually i never heard of ramdrive. It's a realy interesting concept. But with my 16 gb ram it isn't a real option for me. Especially with large video files.
Thenk you for your answer!
In that case - go the SSD route, you won't be disappointed!
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
Avatar of rindi
rindi
Flag of Switzerland image

Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
A ramdrive, or actually a ramdisk is a virtual hard drive that in theory has monsters access speeds.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/260918/how_to_supercharge_your_pc_with_a_ram_disk.html
That looks good.
SOLUTION
Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
Avatar of Karl R

ASKER

You have a point there, but my Motherboard only has one sata 6 port wich is occupied by the system ssd. Or wouldn't it hurt the performance if a ssd is pluged into a sata 2 Port?
SOLUTION
Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
SOLUTION
Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
Avatar of Karl R

ASKER

I think i go with the ssd in a USB 3.1 Case, so i could install it inside the PC later...
Thank you for all youre answers!