Two partitioned drive questions: can i mount both at once AND do i need extra space?

O

oxband

Well-known member
So, I have a 6tb drive I got for film editing with FCP7. I have two questions before I partition and fill it up:

1 - I am using the drive for a film project I already started with two other drives. What I want to do is partition the new drive into 3, using two of the partitions to duplicate the drives I already have. This way I don't need to reattach all the files when I use the new drive. This makes sense if I can mount multiple partitions at the same time from the same drive? Can I do that? I assume so. But reading online i haven't found conformation.

2 - I know the rule of thumb is to keep 10% of a hard drive free. If I partition the drive, do I need to keep 10% of each partition free or is 10% overall OK?
 
Why partition it at all? Just drag the footage into folders representing each drive and you're good to go. Partitioning is just throwing away extra space and can cause performance issues. Stick with a single partition.

-Noah
 
Cause I want to be able to sometimes use the 6tb drive and other times use the 2tb drives. If I partition, I can go back and forth seamlessly.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top