Dual storage drives?

CGXel

I just read about video editors using two or more SSDs, on a dual setup it would be #1 for OS and programs while #2 for files and media, apparently doing so increases speed or something? 

So I was wondering, would this apply to certain tasks on the 3D field? say, having Maya on the first SSD, and writing the cache sim on the second SSD?

I don't know, I'm just curious, thoughts?

carvuliero

I can only guess but sound more like Raid with SSDs  so if one fail you still have all of your date

Other then that computer is as fast as a slowest component [that for data transfer] and currently hard drive is slowest so if you put your OS[and your most important programs that will help will loading and overall speed] in a SSD which is 2-3 some more times faster you get significant boost to the whole system

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

throttlekitty

I've done this for years, OS/apps on the primary drive, and all data on second drive or more. If anything, you get the security of not having everything in one place should a drive fail. I said this in the PC building thread recently, I've had drives die more than anything else, could just be my luck, but new hardware these days is generally going to last longer.

The scenario with the sim cache is a good one; on the OS drive you've also got the page file going, and anything else Windows may be doing at the time. In practice, this won't be a big wow amazeballs speedup, but things will generally run smoother. And like 90% of the time, Maya (and most other programs) is running entirely from RAM, it doesn't contribute much to disk I/O itself.

poopipe

perfectly sensible

SSDs are a lot faster so work great as working storage but as I understand it they're not great for long term storage (it's been a while since i researched their reliability so that may have changed) - they're also very expensive compared to conventional disks

I don't like having too many disks in my main machine, it's more stress on the PSU, increases temperatures and increases the risk of data loss if it catches fire / shorts out / explodes etc. (it does happen) 
The best way to handle things IMO  is to have an SSD, a smallish (2TB)  fast SATA/SAS/Whatever disk in your machine and keep data you're not directly using on a NAS with RAID for redundancy