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Jan 31, 2016 7:58 AM in response to Cresebaby EcoGreg,Hi Creseba
How fast a drive you need is dependent on what you edit. Different formats, resolutions, number of multi-cams/angles and number and type of plug-ins effects will create different through-put speeds/needs.
Here is a Larry Jordan article on "Configuring your system"… https://larryjordan.com/blog/configure-your-system/
For the fastest external drives you can use TB or USB3 with either a multi-drive RAID 0 or get an ssd drive. (1 ssd = 3-4 hdd)
Figure your needs first, then spend your money to meet them.
Don't forget to back-up everything. 2X is better than 1X.
Hope this helps, Greg
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Jan 31, 2016 6:59 PM in response to EcoGregby BenB,RAID 0 is pretty much dead, you'd go with RAID 5 today. Today's drives are plenty fast and RAID 0 won't do anything more modern RAID levels will.
Thunderbolt is the fastest, with a RAID 5, you could edit a feature film.
USB 3.0 is second fastest, and you can get a lot of great performance out of a RAID 5 on it, also.
Larry's article gets a little convoluted, but it's good information.