SCRATCH partition space in Premier

[Will Keir]

Hey guys, prepping to start using CS 6 Premier for editing narratives, I am wondering if you setup your SCRATCH drive as a separate drive similar to the Final Cut Pro configuration?

So I have 1.2GB available and plan on using RAID 0, backing up all media on external drives. Should I make two volume partitions of the 1.2gb or leave it as one?

If breaking up makes sense, which does to me. What is a suitable size for the SCRATCH disk? 400gb apps / 800gb SCRATCH? 600/600?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

[Grant H]

I think it's bad practice to use partitions w/ regards to a scratch disk. Have a drive (or pair in Raid0) as a scratch and nothing else.

[Les C.]

If you partition your HD or RAID the heads will have to seek farther than if you put the scratch on the same partition.

So, try to setup a different drive or RAID for the scratch.

[Will Keir]

what about space considering editing R3d footage? How big does the scratch space need to be?