[Arny Krueger]

"Jim Gilliland" wrote in
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Arny Krueger wrote:

Memory can indirectly speed up disk operations by
allowing more RAM for disk caching. Dual channel RAM as
opposed to single channel RAM has the potential to
indirectly speed up disk operations by allowing the RAM
buffers to work faster.

True, but it's not likely to have the same kind of impact
as adding another drive to a RAID array.

I don't know about that. As I've said before, when you're doing sequential
copies, doing them drive-to-drive as opposed to on the same drive (even a
drive that is implemented as an array) is one of the cheapest thrills
around.

Once upon a time I built the same machine twice for running Audition/CEP.

(1) 2 120 GB drives striped, with all files on the array
(2) 2 120 GB drives, temp files on one drive, permanent files on the other

(2) blew (1) away through a normal record/save/edit cycle involving 30
minute 16 track recording/editing sessions.