Video editing storage for new config

[Jerome22]

Hello all,
I'm putting together a PC for 4K video editing and I'm stuck as to what is the optimum way to setup the storage specially when it comes to solid state drives. Where is vest to have the operating system windows? Should the application be separated from the OS? Different drives or 2
partition? On a M2 SS drive or standard 2.5 inches or both? I guess for the scratch disk and finished videos a raid 0 hard drives config could be the right way or is it??
I'm intending to use an Asus Z170i for the motherboard,
Specs are as follow:
Expansion Slots:
1 x M.2, S3 (M), 2242/2260/2280/22110, PCIe/SATA 3 x PCIe 3.0 x1
1 x PCIe 3.0 x16
1x PCIe 3.0 x16 (x4 Bandwidth)
1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 (x8 Bandwidth)
Internal I/O:

1 x SATA Express (Compatible with 2x SATA 6.0 Gbps) 4 x SATA III - 6Gb/s
1 x Serial (COM) Header 1 x System panel connector

I'd like to hear suggestions specially when it comes to picking solid state drive, in a bit confused whether to us me an M2 card or a normal 2.5 inches.

Many thanks

 

[madmatt30]

A standard ssd I would argue is fast enough.
Os & apps on ssd , 1 platter drive for storage & original video files, a seperate drive for the scratch disk & edited files.
I wouldn't raid the 2 platter drives , you'll actually lose performance when transcoding if you do

 

[RealBeast]

Not sure what software you are using, but most video editing programs like Premiere are fine when run off the same SSD as your OS. They all perform better with a scratch drive SSD, and that is where the faster drive will really make a difference.

If money is no object, I would use a SATA SSD for your boot and program drive and an M.2 PCIe SSD for the scratch drive.

I would not RAID 0 my HDDs, just a single large high quality drive for the finished product, RAID 0 gives you a greater chance at data loss, and using motherboard based RAID increases that issue to a much higher level.

Personally, I then back up that finished product to a RAID 5 array with fast large Enterprise drives and then it is further backed up to another location.

edit: and do not partition your SSDs.

edit 2: and since I spent so much on my archival storage systems (think a bunch of 8TB He8 spinners in a custom NAS), I still use an 80GB Intel X25M as my scratch drive.