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Extreme John · 2003-08-27, 08:44 PM

So Bret you use Raid on your everyday machines? I think my new machine I just bought for the office is raid ready or something like that, if Imcorrect Raid is the way to go when ripping movies.

bret · 2003-08-28, 12:03 PM

traditional raid is much to expensive to run on a standard workstation.

a decent raid card can run you $1000 easy.

like cleo mentioned there is firewire raid (i know it is builtin to the new apple computers, not sure if it will run on a windows machine) firewire raid is becoming a lot more popular for applications that rely heavily on the hard disk (such as video editing) because you can setup a stripe (where all the drivers are use in parallel) which provides a HUGE increase in both reading and writing data. the downside is that if one drive fails, all or nearly all of your data will be lost. you can setup a parity to run on a dedicated disk or have it run on all the disks in the array, but this gets extremely costly if you need a lot of disk space.

there are also physical limitations to the raid card itself, and at some point you will need to increase the number of cards in your system in order to maintain a decent level of performance.

like i said, i would not recommend it for everyday machines as it would be extreme overkill and very costly. if you have a niche for it to fill, it can be a great tool.

Wild_Unicorn · 2003-08-29, 10:43 AM

So even the big boys have problems!?

Good to see you guys back!

Naughty · 2003-08-29, 12:26 PM

Damn, 5900 posts down the drain. I'm telling you, this thing is rigged

Greenguy · 2003-08-29, 03:58 PM

5900? We lost 30,000 posts

(((((

Naughty · 2003-08-29, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Greenguy
5900? We lost 30,000 posts (((((

Of which 5900 were mine :p

j/k buddy, I only had like 30

Bell · 2003-08-29, 04:49 PM

testing to see if I need to re-register...

and I want to make a banana dance for john-john....

~Bell
p.s. sorry for the aggrivation you had to go through gg and j...
missed you... (and some of the *other* characters here...LOL!!!!)

Bell · 2003-08-29, 04:51 PM

I noticed my avatar is gone...

MML do you still have it...
you resized it for me...
I had it named something like:
BellsAvatar.jpg
or
Bells_Avatar.jpg
do you still have that in your hd ??

~Bell

jscott · 2003-08-29, 06:29 PM

i'm here still

Extreme John · 2003-08-29, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bret
traditional raid is much to expensive to run on a standard workstation.

a decent raid card can run you $1000 easy.

like cleo mentioned there is firewire raid (i know it is builtin to the new apple computers, not sure if it will run on a windows machine) firewire raid is becoming a lot more popular for applications that rely heavily on the hard disk (such as video editing) because you can setup a stripe (where all the drivers are use in parallel) which provides a HUGE increase in both reading and writing data. the downside is that if one drive fails, all or nearly all of your data will be lost. you can setup a parity to run on a dedicated disk or have it run on all the disks in the array, but this gets extremely costly if you need a lot of disk space.

there are also physical limitations to the raid card itself, and at some point you will need to increase the number of cards in your system in order to maintain a decent level of performance.

like i said, i would not recommend it for everyday machines as it would be extreme overkill and very costly. if you have a niche for it to fill, it can be a great tool.

I agree it does sound like a bit of an overkill, but for editing large movies it seems like it might be a great option, time is money and I HATE editing movies, it's the worst. Thank you for taking the time to explain that I appreciate it.

bret · 2003-08-30, 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Extreme John
I agree it does sound like a bit of an overkill, but for editing large movies it seems like it might be a great option, time is money and I HATE editing movies, it's the worst. Thank you for taking the time to explain that I appreciate it.

yes. it is perfect for movie editing. you would be hard pressed to find a render farm that does not relie on a RAID setup.

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2003-08-28, 12:03 PM	#127
bret Shut up brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-tip! Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 110	traditional raid is much to expensive to run on a standard workstation. a decent raid card can run you $1000 easy. like cleo mentioned there is firewire raid (i know it is builtin to the new apple computers, not sure if it will run on a windows machine) firewire raid is becoming a lot more popular for applications that rely heavily on the hard disk (such as video editing) because you can setup a stripe (where all the drivers are use in parallel) which provides a HUGE increase in both reading and writing data. the downside is that if one drive fails, all or nearly all of your data will be lost. you can setup a parity to run on a dedicated disk or have it run on all the disks in the array, but this gets extremely costly if you need a lot of disk space. there are also physical limitations to the raid card itself, and at some point you will need to increase the number of cards in your system in order to maintain a decent level of performance. like i said, i would not recommend it for everyday machines as it would be extreme overkill and very costly. if you have a niche for it to fill, it can be a great tool.

2003-08-29, 04:49 PM	#132
Bell I saw weird stuff in that place last night. Weird, strange, sick, twisted, eerie, godless, evil stuff. And I want in Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Dayton, Ohio (currently) Posts: 455	testing to see if I need to re-register... and I want to make a banana dance for john-john.... ~Bell p.s. sorry for the aggrivation you had to go through gg and j... missed you... (and some of the other characters here...LOL!!!!)

2003-08-29, 04:51 PM	#133
Bell I saw weird stuff in that place last night. Weird, strange, sick, twisted, eerie, godless, evil stuff. And I want in Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Dayton, Ohio (currently) Posts: 455	I noticed my avatar is gone... MML do you still have it... you resized it for me... I had it named something like: BellsAvatar.jpg or Bells_Avatar.jpg do you still have that in your hd ?? ~Bell