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Storage & workflow with SSD and external HDs

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#1 Aidan from Scotland
Dear All,

Whats the best storage & workflow for working on huge amounts of raw files ?

I recently installed a 1 TB SSD on my mac desktop (mid 2010 model) and maxed out the RAM which made it SUPER fast. But pretty soon I have filled the new drive with images. And working on files from external drives seems to get really slow (I can only use USB2 i think).

Should I put raw files on the Mac's new SSD then remove them to external drives when I have finished rendering video with LRT? 

Do I try and instal a thunderbolt to speed up working from external drives (if this is even possible)?

Do I buy a new computer?

Any tips would be incredibly appreciated.
Cheers,
Aidan
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#2 Gunther
I'd use the fastest drive for while working on the sequences, after you are finished and exported the clips, you can move everything to an external drive that is slower, even a NAS will do. That's at least how I do it.
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