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Project Parameters
Footage Resolution & Cameras
15 hrs
150 Mbps
3
Generate Editing Proxies
Render ProRes / DNxHR lightweight proxy files
Drive Grade / Budget Tier
“Leave working headroom rather than keeping the SSD almost full. SSD write performance tanks when free space drops below 20%.”
Scratch Required
450 GB
Render cache + timeline proxies
Total Headroom
1250 GB
62.5% free on 2TB
Recommended SSD
2TB NVMe SSD
Single drive or RAID-0
Estimated Cost
$165
Balanced PCIe 4.0 street price
2TB NVMe Internal Partition Model (2,000 GB Capacity)
750 GB Used / 2000 GB
OS & Premiere/DaVinci Install (~300 GB)
Cache / Scratch / Active Proxies
Working Headroom (SLC Cache & Wear Buffer)
Architectural Recommendation
Validated Quora Bay Standard
2TB NVMe single drive or dual 1TB NVMe in RAID-0 recommended for optimal 4K headroom without bottlenecking USB-3.2/PCIe slots.
Single 1TB NVMe
Tight Headroom
Usable Scratch
~700 GB Max
Remaining Free
250 GB (25%)
Read/Write Bandwidth
Up to 5,000 MB/s
Bottleneck Risk
SLC Cache Drop
Single 2TB NVMe
Recommended
Usable Scratch
~1,700 GB
Remaining Free
1,250 GB (62.5%)
Read/Write Bandwidth
Up to 7,400 MB/s
Reliability
Optimal Endurance
Dual 1TB in RAID-0
Peak Speed
Total Capacity
2,000 GB Striped
Sustained Speed
~9,500+ MB/s
PCIe Slots Consumed
2x M.2 Slots
Fault Tolerance
Zero (Scratch Only)
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