Topic: temp folder vs temp partition

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  • May 28, 2007 at 03:58 #1306
    jpleong
    Participant

    Hey, I am wondering if it’s an acceptable and “good” idea to set the temp folder on a different partition on the same disk as the project data. I know it’s a bad idea to format two partitions on the same disk at the same time, but does the way Podium work with cache files and projects have the same intense usage?

    JP

    May 28, 2007 at 09:08 #9998
    Zynewave
    Keymaster

    I don’t think this will matter much with regards to performance. All you need to ensure is that there is plenty of free disk space on the partition with the cache folder.

    May 28, 2007 at 15:15 #10018
    sam c
    Participant

    it is an interesting question that no one seems to agree on. some platforms, like SAW, insist you use a second internal hardrive. i do because i was set up this way previously.

    May 28, 2007 at 15:45 #10019
    Zynewave
    Keymaster

    You can get increased performance if you use a second physical drive, because you then have two drive heads that can work in parallel to access files. You don’t get this advantage with multiple partitions, as it is the same drive head that is used for all partitions.

    May 28, 2007 at 16:13 #10021
    jpleong
    Participant

    Heh. I should be more specific…

    I have my root drive with Windows and all applications on my laptop. I then have an external Lacie hard drive with Podium Project data and temp folder.

    I’ve now acquired another external to replace the current one and partitioned 144 GB for Project data and 4.8 GB for Temp Folder. The theory being that it would keep temp folder fragmentation to a minimum.

    What do you think?

    JP

    May 28, 2007 at 16:27 #10022
    sam c
    Participant

    Frits, if i remember right Bob Lentini felt there was an advantage to keep the audio off of your main drive. can’t remember why?

    May 28, 2007 at 16:44 #10023
    Zynewave
    Keymaster

    I’ve now acquired another external to replace the current one and partitioned 144 GB for Project data and 4.8 GB for Temp Folder. The theory being that it would keep temp folder fragmentation to a minimum.

    What do you think?

    Sounds ok to me. If your external drive is faster than your internal laptop drive, it makes sense to move the cache folder to the external drive as well.

    if i remember right Bob Lentini felt there was an advantage to keep the audio off of your main drive. can’t remember why?

    1/ Sound file access won’t be blocked by file operations made by the OS or plugins on the main drive.
    2/ A dedicated audio drive will not become defragmented as quickly as your main drive.

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