Choose the BEST Hard Drive for Video Editing - Fast & Affordable My Book Duo

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Choosing a hard drive for video editing can be confusing. I share my process how I upgraded my editing storage setup with an option that is cheaper than a nas system from syncology, more storage than a lacie drive, and more permanent than several external samsung ssd drives: the Western Digital My Book Duo has speeds fast enough to edit in Premiere Pro, 8-40TB of storage, is affordable per TB compared to an SSD, and is a good fit for freelance video editor all around.
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* All around 4k video editing drive with Raid 0 speed and tons of storage.
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* If you need a couple TB and can't upgrade to My Book Duo yet
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* Edit off this if you have no SSD. Offload your footage once done editing to a mirrored folder on a backup drive. I only use this for travel currently with Laptop. You can also put your effects on here for it doesn't slow down you editing process. Not enough storage for large projects but fast.
If you want to edit as fast as possible on premiere pro, you need to stop bottlenecking your editing system with slow drives. Consider focusing on making your editing life easier by upgrading your storage system. Whether you edit music videos, commercials, or content this is well worth it.

[@VideoLoadout]

Links to hard drives in description and to summarize: After editing with the My Book Duo configured to Raid 0- it's been a drive I can both edit 4k video quickly off of and also has a massive 16TB of storage to edit larger client projects in this phase of my career. I hope this video helps if you're in a similar situation and feel free to help other video editors by commenting your storage system solutions that have helped you. Cheers!

[@Faith2x_116]

THANKS

[@VideoLoadout]

You're welcome!

[@veredictum4503]

Yes this "middle ground" has many users!
Totally irrelevant, but notice what looks like a St Benedict crucifix. Hope you got it blessed in the special Latin Rite. There's a different type of "war" going on.

[@VideoLoadout]

Blessed the St Benedictine crucifix in the Catholic Church. That’s more important than any video , happy to see this comment. I agree with you. God bless!

[@studiobekofullhd5438]

hello, my respect, I need some advice, I'm dealing with weddings, I'm working with multiple cameras, post production, I'm interested in the materials, I'm working in 4k resolution, I want to get a deep copy, will this device be fast if I copy one card, for example, from 256gb in real time to two hard disk at the same time, and would it be possible for me to do montage to pull that hard disk off so as not to torture it, thanks in advance

[@VideoLoadout]

Thank for the comment, happy to help. Don’t understand your question completely but I’ll share what advice I can. This raid 0 configured my book duo hard drive would be a good fit for weddings because of the size of the projects. You can edit on the drive while importing footage. Keep the my book duo plugged in as much as possible. Don’t mess with it. It is fast enough to edit off completely. Mirror your folders of footage and graphics on a backup drive that’s cheap. Backups are important for client work. What program do you edit with? Let me know if I didn’t answer your questions you can ask again. Tried my best to help.

[@VideoLoadout]

In raid 0 both hard drives are being used and act as 1 hard drive in order to work faster.

[@genesiusmedia6664]

Should I edit using a raid 0 hard drive or an external SSD to edit off of? I edit large conference videos

[@VideoLoadout]

Use a Raid 0 hard drive like the my book duo for editing projects like that which are over 2tb. It’s fast enough for 4K editing without proxies. If I have a small project like a graphics heavy ig commercial reel I can edit it on my pc’s internal SSD then offload the footage to clear up space when done. But for 95% of projects I’m just editing off of my book duo