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# Lovely.
Might as well take the chance to ask any video editing types who might be hanging around.

I've just bought a second hand laptop. It has to 500gb HDDs in RAID 0.

I want to do video editing, not gaming so:

Is it better to split them into two separate drives? (One for OS, one for video)

Is it much hassle to do that?
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Mon 22 Aug 2011, 14:35, archived)
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I store the raw files on the second (internal) hdd and use the main hdd for the OS, Sony vegas and finished files. It seems to render videos faster than when I stored the raw files on the first drive with everything else
(I helped save b3ta! CanonCaliber A big bore, Mon 22 Aug 2011, 15:04, archived)
# That's what I'm aiming at
Faster video editing. A quick Googling suggests that two HDDs is probably better than one but I'm having trouble working out if RAID 0 is enough faster to cancel that out.

I'm guessing not.

(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Mon 22 Aug 2011, 15:07, archived)
# You guess right, in the scenario you describe RAID will decrease performance.
(I helped save b3ta! Shlvng, Mon 22 Aug 2011, 15:41, archived)
# Cheers both.
now to decide whether I can be arsed breaking the RAID array or just plug in the external drive when I want to do some editing.
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Mon 22 Aug 2011, 15:48, archived)