SSD Video Editing

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easyrider

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Has anyone run into issues with video editing on SSD drives?

What do you reckon is the best setup?

1 x 128GB for OS

1x 128GB for HD video

1 x 128 for HD Video

Or would reading and wrting to a single 256GB be fine with a 128GB for OS and apps?

Building an i7 SB video editing rig for a mate and just want some feedback cheers
 
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well, the bigger the better to put your rushes onto...

However... most proper vid editing solutions rely more on RAM and HT for your current bins/clips/sequences etc, and also subtly moving a lot of stuff into internal project folders within the softwares C:/ partition (or wherever it is) - you will be surprised how massive my FCP7 prog folder can get if editing for a long period.

Another thing to consider is what/how you output.
I output to tape a lot, so really prerender and also use the SSD to cache the output heavily to try to avoid stutter/artefacts etc creeping into output. The other output I have heavily is to external HDs for clients to take away.

If you are editing home vids, stuff for the internet then this isn't really an issue.

I7 hyper-threading, good RAM (and lots of it), and an SSD (reasonable size) for OS/edit software and reasonable large-volume HDs and external HDs are what counts for me.

What software/edit projects are you going to be using the system for?
 
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