partitioning a new HDD for music production

I wouldn't
it will actually make the disk work harder

as well the apps have to be installed in the same volume as the OS

you would not gain performance from that setup as it is still only one physical disk

Partitioning single drives is pointless and not recommended.

mtekin wrote:
Hi guys,

I am planning to get a new HDD (500 GB at 7200 RPM) for my MacBookPro.
and thinking to divide it into 3 separate partitions.

Part 1 will be used for OS
Part 2 will be used for Applications (Logic, SoundTrack and other AU plugings)
Part 3 will be for data (Projects, Sound libraries, Loops and waves..etc).

If you do decide to do this against all advice, just use 2 partitions.

Partition 1 (the fastest) for Projects, Loops..etc, (format Journaling off).
Partition 2 for OS and applications. (format Journaling on)

Why do you want to keep application separate from the OS?, Backup?

Personally, I think partitioning a disk is perfectly acceptable in some situations. It's can provide much better organization and makes backing up existing data much more manageable.

pancenter-

Except by Pancenter & me!

Bee Jay wrote:
Partitioning single drives is pointless and not recommended.

Sorry to have to disagree with you colonel, but if one only has one drive, making a partition for an emergency startup volume filled with repair- and retrieval utilities is not too pointless... With todays huge disks, anyone can spare 30-40 GB for an "Ambulance Boot Partition".

On the other hand (I think this is what you mean) making a partition for audio imo is only good for organisational purposes (although folders (dûh!) can achieve the same... and of course partitioning a drive is less efficient spacewise than leaving it one. And (just to be complete) is does not improve (or deteriorate*) performance.

regards, Erik.
-
*is that the right antonym of "improve"? Or is "degrade" better?

Eriksimon wrote:

and of course partitioning a drive is less efficient spacewise than leaving it one. And (just to be complete) is does not improve (or deteriorate*) performance.

regards, Erik.
-
*is that the right antonym of "improve"? Or is "degrade" better?

Degrade, taking into account the subject matter.

The only way drive performance would be degraded is if one uses the same disk for sample storage/reading and hard drive recording. I think a single partition drive might have an easier time of it, not sure though.

pancenter-

And Erik! It's a mutiny!

Sorry to have to disagree with you colonel, but if one only has one drive, making a partition for an emergency startup volume filled with repair

Of course - that's different. When it's necessary, eg having a boot camp partition, or you want an alternative OS or boot partition, then you have to do it. That's the only reason to do it.

What I meant was it is pointless for going "Oh, I must store one type of document on it's own partition" and "the samples will give better performance on their own partition of the same drive) etc.

There is some hangover from Windows days where people used to partition one big drive into multiple smaller partitions. Largely because early Windows had problems with large disk sizes so you had to. Modern file systems don't have these limitations.

Pancenter wrote:

Eriksimon wrote:
*is that the right antonym of "improve"? Or is "degrade" better?

Degrade, taking into account the subject matter.

Thanks.

I feel much healthier now... 😀

'Deteriorate' isn't really an active verb.

Caramby wrote:
'Deteriorate' isn't really an active verb.

Well, the other day I spent a few hours 'deteriorating' my song... not on purpose though... I had to reteriorate it later on...
---
It is also a powerful silly threat: "I'll deteriorate you!"
---
I am getting all deterioretical here...
---
And what about Deteriorism?

Don't let it deter you from the creative use of language.

I shall re-name the next band to come in the Studio ''The Deteriorists". These bands have to put up with this kind of treatment; it comes with de Teriortry when they're only paying de terio rate. And they can smarten the place up while they're here — it could do with some deterior incoration.

I was considering a separate volume for text documents containing the letter Q — but you've put me right off the idea.