Best Practices for Using SAS 12GBPS HDD/14.4TB-10K RPM-2.5Inch SSD with Affinity Software

[jackhicks121]

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for advice on integrating a SAS 12GBPS HDD/14.4TB-10K RPM-2.5Inch SSD into my setup for optimal performance with Affinity software. I use Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher regularly and want to ensure that my hardware setup can handle large projects efficiently.

Here are my main concerns:

1. Read/Write Speed: How will this HDD/SSD impact the read/write speeds when working with large Affinity files?

2. Durability and Reliability: Are there any known issues with this type of drive that could affect long-term use?

3. Configuration Tips: What are the best practices for configuring this drive to get the most out of my Affinity software?

Any insights or experiences you can share would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance,

[R C-R]

The link doesn't work & if the drive specs say it is a 10K rpm one, it can't be a SSD (Solid State Drive).

[Komatös]

19 hours ago, jackhicks121 said:

How will this HDD/SSD impact the read/write speeds

This storage medium does not give you any noticeable performance advantages in terms of image editing/graphic design/publishing. 
SAS HDD/SSD are intended for large databases or server farms where many parallel read and write accesses must take place or for professional video editing systems. 
If you work with large files, RAM is the most important component. 

[NotMyFault]

Best practices below. 
 

1. Use a reasonable priced SSD as main storage for Affinity files. Currently SSDs in the range from 1 to 4 TB capacity are affordable. Do not use USB attached disks. Use M.2 or other high throughput interfaces and internal SSD only. You will experience the performance difference between M.2 and other interfaces. USB connected devices can cause file corruptions for Affinity Apps due to potential disconnects which are disastrous for Affinity files, and mostly get noticed when it is too late. I personally use a WD black 4TB SSD which has 6GByte/s throughput and >100000 IO/s. So much faster that ATAPI / USB. I have multiple external SSD and HDD from 1TB to 16 TB. HDD slow you down severely, especially with energy saving enabled you can wait minutes for them to spinning up when using Explorer or Finder to access files - even if you don’t actually access anything from a HDD, the system is blocked until it is up again. 
2. create a backup plan to backup data on at least daily basis to another storage medium, preferably HDD or cloud backup. USB is ok for backup.
3. Do not use cloud sync folders for Affinity apps (main storage location) to avoid problems.
4. Archive files no longer required to a larger capacity HDD
5. Have at least 2 copies of files with valuable content in different storage systems and locations