Return-Path: Received: from mail-pz0-f41.google.com ([209.85.210.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4717915 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 18 May 2012 02:39:45 +0200 Received: by dakp5 with SMTP id p5so3009897dak.28 for ; Thu, 17 May 2012 17:41:35 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=CTyzoPj0+xx2PgqQf/IedtGShf75BPbGXJIdbjnQ0/4=; b=SUIbDOFHxbZMU5+ersKmR2lDO0fnjJPmugk8guZbTEFn/pxjDbwWLpiio3nJzK2WT+ fvbt3sLEKOnhzB+m5psUDaBD+PNib1iPPqicj5lnuqh2amxUnuiJ/3Djcc/qt7tSbuVn Yn2tAW+Bltk9KRR2BwSqxmGkLOXCcIQm7InI2kWXt0OFc0tayXLlN6VDGh/kHvgld+S3 na/3u2WY1N0Umy9lgyS2WQ0sCYtZAeix6DVQHAoZO/3T0JuM/B1eqojdWlm+9N7WF9nc g9QteaTgPh2p2FqqzcNoJf/xC8iyCkBoVPkwo9CzOVq8eWa5V/mItdMsAd14wOJVJKI3 pdqA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.225.170 with SMTP id rl10mr32620383pbc.76.1337301695069; Thu, 17 May 2012 17:41:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.223.99 with HTTP; Thu, 17 May 2012 17:41:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 19:41:35 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Clear disk cache based on a project ? From: Brian Higgins To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b2edf3b7dfc5804c044d093 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlAsaMgfPBocTWegLewWgRpPrzyzaUnOdX96mZuIF9Rir9Jb6vaYpmkDZA+0ueEn7X17qxR --047d7b2edf3b7dfc5804c044d093 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Agreed. You might be able to scrub around a little more smoothly, but I'd skip it unless you're doing stereo 4K work or something similarly bandwidth intensive. -bH On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Dan Ramirez wrote: > A single 6g SSD is orders of magnitude faster than a comparable 7200rpm > drive. I'd skip RAID, but I tend to avoid complexity when I can. > > On May 17, 2012, at 11:22 AM, Carey Dissmore wrote: > > > I'm starting to spec out a new machine and an SSD for the cache is > definitely in order. It'll be 6G SATA-connected at minimum, but I'm > actually considering perhaps RAID-0 stripe of two 6G SSD's to improve > performance and reduce latency all-the-more. Anyone have any thoughts on > how much of a difference that would make in AE? Worth doing? Assume fully > modern mobo/chipset machine. > > > > carey > > > > On May 17, 2012, at 1:13 PM, Rendernyc wrote: > > > >> You can set your disk cache to a folder for each project but would have > to change this manually when u switch projects in the prefs. > >> > >> The cache will clear itself out when it starts getting full based on age > >> > >> Just remember the cache files aren't project dependent. If you have a > comp that is cached in multiple aep's it uses the single cached frames for > all. > >> > >> On May 17, 2012, at 2:03 PM, Michael Malone wrote: > >> > >>> The new persistent disk cache is super awesome and will only get > better when I get a dedicated SSD. One thing that would make it even better > is the ability to clear the cache based on a particular project. I'm always > juggling several projects at once and when I finish one I would like to > clear the cache of that project. > >>> > >>> Although, I guess it isn't that important as the old stuff will get > flushed as new stuff happens. Still might be handy. I wonder if that kind > of thing is scriptable? > >>> > >>> mike > >>> > >>> +---End of message---+ > >>> To unsubscribe send any message to > >> > >> +---End of message---+ > >> To unsubscribe send any message to > > > > > > +---End of message---+ > > To unsubscribe send any message to > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > -- brian higgins | senior vfx artist Sol Design 312.706.5500 higgins@soldesignfx.com soldesignfx.com --047d7b2edf3b7dfc5804c044d093 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Agreed. =A0You might be able to scrub around a little more smoothly, but I&= #39;d skip it unless you're doing stereo 4K work or something similarly= bandwidth intensive. =A0

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On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Dan Ramirez <ramirezdan@gmail.com= > wrote:
A single 6g SSD is orders of magnitude faster than a comparable 7200rpm dri= ve. I'd skip RAID, but I tend to avoid complexity when I can.

On May 17, 2012, at 11:22 AM, Carey Dissmore <carey@imugonline.com> wrote:

> I'm starting to spec out a new machine and an SSD for the cache is= definitely in order. It'll be 6G SATA-connected at minimum, but I'= m actually considering perhaps RAID-0 stripe of two 6G SSD's to improve= performance and reduce latency all-the-more. Anyone have any thoughts on h= ow much of a difference that would make in AE? Worth doing? Assume fully mo= dern mobo/chipset machine.
>
> carey
>
> On May 17, 2012, at 1:13 PM, Rendernyc wrote:
>
>> You can set your disk cache to a folder for each project but would= have to change this manually when u switch projects in the prefs.
>>
>> The cache will clear itself out when it starts getting full based = on age
>>
>> Just remember the cache files aren't project dependent. If you= have a comp that is cached in multiple aep's it uses the single cached= frames for all.
>>
>> On May 17, 2012, at 2:03 PM, Michael Malone <mmalone@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The new persistent disk cache is super awesome and will only g= et better when I get a dedicated SSD. One thing that would make it even bet= ter is the ability to clear the cache based on a particular project. I'= m always juggling several projects at once and when I finish one I would li= ke to clear the cache of that project.
>>>
>>> Although, I guess it isn't that important as the old stuff= will get flushed as new stuff happens. Still might be handy. I wonder if t= hat kind of thing is scriptable?
>>>
>>> mike
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