Does using an external drive to store the cache on Scratch Disk improve software performance? Or does it matter to store it on the same drive that Photoshop is installed on?
#Does saving cache to an external drive improve performance?
granite depot
worn scarab
Does using an external drive to store the cache on Scratch Disk improve software...
Yes. It can help. And it's better to use a different drive than the Operating System. To be clear, not a partitioned region of the same drive. A different physical drive.
granite depot
Thanks!
stuck elbow
Thanks!
But to have gains, the external disk needs to be as fast if not faster than the internal one. Also for ps to recognize it, it might need to be non removable .
worn scarab
Windows uses free space on the drive for the Paging File. Thus, using a separate physical disk from the Operating System (regardless of its speed) is better than running the Photoshop Scratch Disk from the OS drive.
granite depot
Windows uses free space on the drive for the Paging File. Thus, using a separate...
What is Paging File?
stuck elbow
What is Paging File?
The equivalent of the scratch disk for your operating system. It’s where it copies memory dumps, work files…. The idea, when we had slow et hard disks was to split the disk intensive opérations on different média. It was even recommend to not use thee es system copy and paste, but to CTRL+J in Photoshop to avoid fragmentation.
