Best practice for Library location

Hi all,

I was wondering what the best option would be, speedwise, to store the fcpx libraries.
I do not need to have a shared storage since I am a one man band. So I could use a managed library to have all my media inside the library.
The other option would be an external library and then I have two further choices:
A- Store the library on the same drive (Thunderbolt 2 RAID) as my media (either in a folder for all my libraries or on root level) but leave the media external (In a folder called "Media" and in there folders for my clients/projects)
B- Store the library on my iMac's internal 1TB flash drive (which is very fast, so a good candidate for the fcpx library databases) and leave the media external (In a folder called "Media" and in there folders for my clients/projects) on my Thunderbolt 2 RAID.

Would option B give speed advantages over option A as far is accessing the fcpx library database is concerned?

System specs:

OSX 10.10.5
FCPX 10.2.2

iMac Retina 5K (late 2014)
4GHz Intel Core i7
32 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
AMD Radeon R9 M 296X 4096 MB
1TB Flash internal storage

G-SPEED Studio XL 48TB Thunderbolt 2 RAID

Thanks in advance for any advice on this.
Robbert-Jan

I tried both options and option B did not make any noticeable difference so I stuck with essentially your A scenario.

Camera footage is ingested through FCP X into the appropriate library (one library per client) and any other elements are kept in an Elements folder with sub-folders inside per client.

I typically shoot DVCProHD and prefer to ingest all of the material I know I'll need into the library instead of making a camera archive or copying P2 to the RAID directly. For my purposes this saves space. Once I have ingested all footage, I backup my RAID with Carbon Copy Cloner. Then I have my footage in 3 places until it comes time to wipe the P2 cards.

Hi Nick,

Thanks for sharing your view on this.

still wondering if there is an official standpoint. 
as im switchin between machines it would be interesting to know the fastest solution. especially now that the ssds in the macs are so much faster than the external

I have two 28TB RAIDS, one for work, one for backup. These were purchased as part of my business and have lasted me some years now, and will last for a long time to come. I do not split up Cache and Library, don't have time for all of that. I have no issues. I have a Folder for each client, a self-contained Library for each client project. Again, no issues here, works fine, can be connected to any Mac I need it connected to. Keep it as simple as possible, avoid headaches.

yeah so true. should endorse more the final cut way that it just works.

Similar setup to Ben's. We use a RAID6 NAS connected via 10GbE. Each client project is in its own folder. Library is stored on the NAS with external media organized in the folder. I do have the library cache on the FCP iMac SSD, except for projects that are edited by more than one Mac. I store the cache in the library on the NAS for those. Library backups go to the default ~/Movies/Final Cut Backups/ and are backed up via TimeMachine.