PS2... meant Photoshop CS2.
Tom C. >From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >To: pdml@pdml.net >Subject: OT- PC, Photoshop, and RAID Decisions, Decisions >Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:03:51 -0700 > >I'm within hours from making a decision regarding a new desktop. > >I'm currently using PS2. The desktop comes with Vista Home Premium, though >it's possible I'll go to XP Pro depending on how performance seems. I'm on >a laptop at present with Vista Business. No major complaints after turning >off eye candy, reminders, automatic scheduled processes, and telling it to >look like classic windows. > >I'll likely get 1TB of storage. But there are options. > >1. 2 X 500 GB non-RAID SATA drives. >2. 2 X 500 GB configured as RAID 0. >3. 2 X 500 GB configured as RAID 1. > >Let's forget option 3 since I can backup to any external drive I want. > >To the meat of my question... Ideally the Windows virtual swap file and >Photoshop scratch area are not supposed to be on the same physical disk. >With option 2 though, Windows and CS2 will see 1 big drive. Who can tell >which physical drive is being utilized for what? It seems counter to what >I >think would be the best approach (which is to have an additional RAID 0 >array for PS Scratch, which I won't). > >While a little performance may be lost, might it be better to go with a >non-RAID configuration and be sure that Windows swap and Photoshop scratch >are on two independent physical devices? Any one have experience with this >exactly. > >Also, I'm a little afraid of RAID 0 and recoverability. Thanks. > >Tom C. > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
