What's the fastest way to store/access large files?
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I do a lot of video editing on my Mac and need a way to store very large (30 GB) files, and don't have room on my HD.
A USB/Firewire external hard drive would work, but it seems way too slow for consistently working with such large files. I've also considered buying another computer, with a large hard drive, and putting it on the same network with a shared folder.
What's the fastest / most efficient way to do this? Please consider USB 2.0 speeds, hard drive read times, ethernet speeds, etc. Are there other options I should consider?
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