[LAU] One or two HD's for audio work

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 2013-04-04 at 18:25 -0400, Brett McCoy wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Grekim Jennings
> <grekimj at acousticrefuge.com> wrote:
> 
> > What's the latest consensus?   Is it recommended to have a separate drive
> > for audio on a Linux system?  Separate partition?  I'm just wondering about
> > performance, not practical issues like moving audio around or reinstalling
> > the system, etc.  As we know there are Mac/PC DAW's that need things
> > separate.  Thanks.
> 
> Yes, OS on one drive, audio on a separate dedicated drive is best for
> performance (and if you are using a sampler, the samples should be on
> their own dedicated drive, if possible). Pretty standard practice for
> audio or video workstation, regardless of OS.

I don't think that this usually is needed, using one drive with one
partition IMO usually isn't a bottleneck. It's IMO useful to separate
drives regarding to convenience, but not regarding to performance.

I might be mistaken, but I can't see a reason for a reasonably machine
to use 3 HDDs for audio production, to get a better performance.