Hi
I have just purchased a WD My Book 1TB Firewire 800 hard drive which I want to use as my scratch disk in FCP
I'm going to wipe it clean first, but just wondering what format I should make it (Mac OS Jornalled etc) Or does it not really matter?
Thanks
Mac OS Extended - Journaled
I keep mine as "Mac OS Extended" but not journaled.
-DH
What are the differences / advantages / disadvantages of using Journaled without Extended?
Joournaled is slower, good for the system drive, not good for an external drive.
"If a volume contains read-only data that is not mission-critical, it may not be necessary to turn on journaling if performance is more important than safety." (Apple: Mac OS X: About file system journaling
)
The performance hit should be small enough to warrant the benefits of using journaling.
Doing some more reading, this reference to improving Logic Pro performance...
" Be sure that any drive you use to record audio is formatted Mac OS Extended. If you are using a dedicated drive or partition for audio recording, it is recommended not to enable journaling. If you are recording to your system drive or partition, then journaling should be enabled." (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3834).
So all these years of reading and following safety over performance (well, may still be true as I haven't seen what % difference) might have been mislead.
What format should my scratch disk be?
