Are Multiple Audio Drives Still Necessary with SSDs?

[lesbrunn]

Hey guys,

Lately, I've been having issues with 2020.5... apparently CPU related. I've checked the usual suspects; it's not plugins. I've trashed prefs. I've done clean re-installs. All recommended optimizations are in place together with lesser known Windows optimizations that I've used for years. I have yet to ascertain if this is only 2020.5 related, because I'd noticed earlier that 2020.3 seemed to use CPU more efficiently than my previous versions. However, track presets together with fader tracks have become very important in my current workflow, so I'd rather not have to go back to 2020.3. That said, I'm investigating other areas that could enhance performance.

As a long-time PT user I'm familiar with the idea of spreading audio onto multiple drives for better performance. I've never actually had to do this though because the SSD's I use seem to provide all the needed speed for high performance.

My question is this: Will multiple SSD's provide even better performance on large sessions? My head tells me no, but I do not know for certain. Would our DUC gurus please provide more insight?

BTW, does assignment of tracks to different drives work for playback of previously recorded audio or is it only meant for recording? I messed with it for a while without any success.