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Old 07-17-2019, 06:05 PM
Darryl Ramm Darryl Ramm is online now
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Default Re: ProTools on SSD Drive, PT files and instruments on 2nd (non SSD) drive?

What actual problem are you trying to solve? slow app startup? slow mac boot? slow session startup? slow backup? AAE errors? What exactly? How much budget do you have? What is your budget?

Are you running with disk cache? set to what size?

You should install Pro Tools on the boot/system drive and leave it there. You are just creating more potential headaches for yourself by putting the app in a non-standard location, yes less of an issue that on Windows but still a bad idea.

And what exact SSDs connected how. SATA III SSDs connected to the motherboard SATA II connections run at slow SATA II speeds. You can use a PCIEe SATA III adapter card? Or are you doing that already

Mojave supports PCIe NVMe SSDs including booting from them, and they are so low cost and much faster than SATA, to the point that SATA may make no sense. e.g. https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-E...07BN217QG?th=1. These drives are so fast compared to what you have now you could run everything on one singe drive if they are large enough.

Lots of this stuff is being discussed over and over on DUC recently, so you should try searching. Including for discussions about possible longer boot time with NVMe (and mixed drive configs) in Mac Pro Cheesegraters.
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