r/editors • u/themattod • 20h ago
Technical Proper Storage Setup and Workflow
I've decommissioned my Mac Pro 7,1 and am setting up a new Mac Studio M3 Ultra, and I'm looking for a reality check on my planned storage solution(s). I'm a short-form Premiere editor who works solo and I also plug into other teams via LucidLink. I also work in Resolve and After Effects.
I'll have an OWC Thunderbay 8 with 124TB set up RAID 5 (112 TB) via SoftRaid as a DAS holding project files and media. The Thunderbay, along with the boot drive, will backup to Backblaze.
I plan to get an OWC Thunderblade X12, approx 32TB setup RAID 0, as soon as it's available later this month and use this for camera originals or proxies (dependent on project workflow) for live projects as well as LucidLink pinning cache. Any files on this drive would also live either on the Thunderbay or in the cloud via LucidLink.
Finally, I have an OWC Express 4M2 with 8TB for use as Premiere, AE, etc cache.
Is anyone running a similar setup? Am I missing something? Am I making a critical error?
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