Calling All Macheads

[pkrat]

I made the switch to a Mac Pro. I need to set up my system. I'm preparing in advance while they build and ship it.

I has storage needs:

• An OSX system partition
  
• An OSX archive partition
  
• A Photoshop & Lightroom scratch partition (on a disk unused by OSX for other stuff, I only care about the performance under OSX, but one for Win7 would be cool too

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[pkrat]

A pal already suggested I combine the OS-specific archive/scratch partitions, since my archive files aren't accessed (and slowing down the scratch disks) unless I'm installing software or something. Two less partitions!

• Split the SSD into two 256GB system partitions, one HFS, one NTFS, and boot camp the NTFS one with Win7
  
• Format the first 1TB as an HFS PS/LR scratch and Mac-specific archive
  
• Format the second 1TB as an NTFS PS/LR scratch and Win7-specific archive
  
• Format the 2TB disk into a single NTFS shared data partition used by both OSX and Win7, accessed via Paragon's third-party Mac NTFS drivers.
  

~ or, if Paragon sucks ~

• Format the 2TB disk into a single HFS unshared data partition used by OSX only, and screw the ability to edit most music and pix from Win7, since the main reason I edit some pix on Win7 today is to keep the porno off my MacBook, totally not a concern with a Mac desktop that does not leave the house. Also, if I'm booted to Win7, it's probably to play games, so music's not a concern. And if music is a concern, I can still play it off my MacBook or iPhone. :)
  

Thinking too hard!