Question SOLVED Distribution of OS, software, media across 2 ssds

[prometeusz]

Thinking of three configurations
1. SSD1 OS, SSD2 software and media
2. SSD1 OS+Software, SSD2 media
3. SSD1 OS+media, SSD2 software

I will end up having two ssds probably anyway, and would like to organise this for maximal performace if it makes a difference considering the speed of ssds.

Does it really matter from performance perspective on an Intel Core i7 6th Gen. with 32 gb RAM?
Does that depend on the type of the SSD - NVME-PCIe vs SATA?

Thanks.

 

[USAFRet]

#2.
OS and applications on one drive, files on the other.

There is no benefit in splitting the OS and software on 2 different drives. Rather, it makes things much more complex, if you ever need to reinstall.
And some few applications will only install on the OS drive.

 

[scout_03]

first one should be os on nmve then software on ssd and last media on sata drive .

 

[kanewolf]

Thinking of three scenarios
1. SSD1 OS, SSD2 software and media
2. SSD1 OS+Software, SSD2 media
3. SSD1 OS+media, SSD2 software

I will end up having two ssds probably anyway, and would like to organise this for maximal performace if it makes a difference considering the speed of ssds.

Does it really matter from performance perspective on an Intel Core i7 6th Gen. with 32 gb RAM?
Does that depend on the type of the SSD - NVME-PCIe vs SATA?

Thanks.

Don't overthink. The performance differences are small compared to HDD. Think of the best distribution to do backups and restore functionality.

 

[zinkles]

Thinking of three configurations
1. SSD1 OS, SSD2 software and media
2. SSD1 OS+Software, SSD2 media
3. SSD1 OS+media, SSD2 software

I will end up having two ssds probably anyway, and would like to organise this for maximal performace if it makes a difference considering the speed of ssds.

Does it really matter from performance perspective on an Intel Core i7 6th Gen. with 32 gb RAM?
Does that depend on the type of the SSD - NVME-PCIe vs SATA?

Thanks.

Just to note that performance, if talking about games, won't be affected by what storage configuration you chose.

What's the specific/main purpose of this machine? Gaming? Editing?

 

[prometeusz]

Music production. Onboard DJ software, mixing virtual instruments and effects.

Hardly any reliance on multisamples.
So now I conclude that the placement of "media" should be dictated by organisational not performance considerations.

Any advantage of having virtual instruments and audio software on a separate drive? Just occurred to me this would matter only during app startup because they go into RAM anyways?

 

[Corwin65]

I keep all my DAW's, DJ Software, VST's, Project files, etc., on my second SSD.
My OS and other applications on C:. Games on 3rd SSD.
Just keeps all my stuff organized.

 

[prometeusz]

If so, you could just as well have this organised into partitions? Just checking if such organisation speeds up your system noticeably in case you have something to compare this against.

 

[geofelt]

There is no performance advantage whatever option you picked.
Of the three choices, I would pick #2.
In time, media might go well on a HDD.

Actually, my #4 choice would be to put all on a single large drive.

 

[prometeusz]

simple.

In my case large would be 512 gigabytes for a start thank you and thanks everyone I think that's concludes it.

 

[USAFRet]

If so, you could just as well have this organised into partitions? Just checking if such organisation speeds up your system noticeably in case you have something to compare this against.

Partitions are counterproductive.
Something always ends up too small.

If you're going to have it on ONE physical drive, leave it as one partition.

 

[prometeusz]

Okay, thanks