Suddenly Davinci has begun to lag

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Suddenly Davinci has begun to lag

PostSat May 08, 2021 2:15 pm

Don't know why yesterday my project went fantastically well ( I use an ext SSD) whereas today inasptectedly it has begun to lag all the time.... I made almost nothing different from yesterday... What can it be?
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Re: Suddenly Davinci has begun to lag

PostSun May 09, 2021 1:22 pm

I always advise working exclusively from internal drives.
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Re: Suddenly Davinci has begun to lag

PostSun May 09, 2021 4:57 pm

USB-c or Tbolt3 external SSD's are fine. I suggest you look at your cache folder to see if it's full.
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Re: Suddenly Davinci has begun to lag

PostMon May 10, 2021 4:11 am

I'm sorry, Jim, but that recommendation is pretty dogmatic.
While the database should be internal or an a permanently connected device, you can work just fine with external storage for media and even cache, depending on throughout and access times.
I can work very well with the cache and/or proxies on an external SSD-RAID, for example.
My disaster protection: export a .drp file to a physically separated storage regularly.
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Re: Suddenly Davinci has begun to lag

PostMon May 10, 2021 3:13 pm

Uli Plank wrote:I can work very well with the cache and/or proxies on an external SSD-RAID, for example.
Until it gets disconnected, intentionally or otherwise. Which doesn't happen with internal drives, hence...the recommendation.

And it's just that, a recommendation. It's not life or death. Just an idea that avoids potential issues. ;)
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