1 TB SSD or 2 512 GB?

[olimpo]

Hello, my new computer will not be only for music production (beginner) so:
What would it be better?
1TB SSD or 2 512 GB SSD?
I mean should I put system archives (not only bitwig/other daws) and libraries in a 1 TB disk? or do I have to get system archives in a 512 GB SSD and libraries etc in other 512 Gb SSD?

[JHernandez]

Separate. OS/apps/ect on one drive. Your work, libraries ect on another, whatever the size.

Then two or more drives (external preferably) to back up those drives.

[olimpo]

Separate. OS/apps/ect on one drive. Your work, libraries ect on another, whatever the size.

Then two or more drives (external preferably) to back up those drives.

many thanks

[billcarroll]

Hello, my new computer will not be only for music production (beginner) so:
What would it be better?
1TB SSD or 2 512 GB SSD?
I mean should I put system archives (not only bitwig/other daws) and libraries in a 1 TB disk? or do I have to get system archives in a 512 GB SSD and libraries etc in other 512 Gb SSD?

Mac, Windows, or Linux?

Personally, I'd go with a single 1 or 2 TB drive. With modern SSDs you'll have plenty of speed from your single drive, and backing up to the cloud and/or an external drive gives you the redundancy you need.

[_leras]

1tb. And you add extra disks later.

Though getting 2 x 1 tb would be better.

[olimpo]

windows, many thanks!

[foosnark]

Yeah I agree, one bigger SSD is better than two small ones. Preferably the fastest 1 or 2TB NVME SSD you can find.

[Tj Shredder]

Also the bigger the drive the faster it is…(mostly…) If its on one drive, it doesn’t matter if the data or the system grows faster…
In history with slow drives it made sense to have them separate. These times are long gone…

[_leras]

I'd add that you can partition a larger drive - and I'd recommend doing that and having non system data no on the main partition if possible.

That way when you do add an extra disc you can just copy over.

btw, don't look past the new NVMe drives out there - super quick.

[billcarroll]

I'd add that you can partition a larger drive - and I'd recommend doing that and having non system data no on the main partition if possible.

That way when you do add an extra disc you can just copy over.

btw, don't look past the new NVMe drives out there - super quick.

I would not bother to partition a drive. This leads to inefficient use of disk space on the drive in this context. These is no real advantage to doing this.

[astey]

Be aware of your cpu lanes. 1x nvme2 takes 4 lanes, this might all your board chip can handle, then lanes get split into half bandwith when adding another nvme drive.

[_leras]

I'd add that you can partition a larger drive - and I'd recommend doing that and having non system data no on the main partition if possible.

That way when you do add an extra disc you can just copy over.

btw, don't look past the new NVMe drives out there - super quick.

I would not bother to partition a drive. This leads to inefficient use of disk space on the drive in this context. These is no real advantage to doing this.

For me it just means my data is cleanly separated from the OS and makes it simpler to backup etc

In a worst case i just need to reinstall my daw and instruments.

A few companies make it a bit tricky to separate presets from the c:\ drive. Thats a bit annoying as it's harder to ensure you don't miss anything in a backup... That's a different topic though.