Reply To: Should I go m.2 SSD array for my libs?

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On EusebioRZ said

It should depend on how the libraries are used by the software.

If sounds are loaded when they are needed (e.g., if you load the wav’s in your daw), load speed is probably not that important and you’ll be better off getting a very large HDD (or more, if you have many libraries it’s probably a good idea keeping a backup copy in a different disk so that you don’t need to spend days downloading libraries if/when a disk fails)

If sounds are preloaded (e.g., a sampler that loads a sample set into memory when switching between instruments) and loading takes noticeable time then it may be worth putting those libraries in a SSD/nvme

In my machine I put most libraries in HDD and Kontakt libraries in SSD (I haven’t really benchmarked Kontakt to be able to back up a claim scientifically with numbers, but in my older machine when I had the libs in HDD, this was a particular application where loading new instruments did feel sluggish)

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all my libs are currently on a 16tb sata HDD. I did order a third m.2 4tb stick to move any specific libs for performance. I’ll test some various KONTAKT libs from the HDD and them move them to the m.2 for an A/B test.

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