I'm looking for a couple of 1TB drives to set up as RAID 0 on a Mac Pro that will run Edius under bootcamp.
Could some kind soul help me through the maze of options out there please and recommend a model?
I use an external G-RAID2 1TB drive, connected via FW800. I haven't ever used bootcamp, but the RAID is lightning fast with DVCProHD, HDV and DV. It is pre-configured as RAID 0 too. There is a 2TB version available now too. The actual drives are Hitachi SATA2, which seem to have a very good press, so it may be worth seeking them out if you want an internal option.
Dominic
I also use the g-raid 2 1tb drives for my Final Cut and Avid edit systems.
For an extra cost of £250 or so compared to installing 2 x 1TB internal drives as a RAID 0 what would the advantage be please?
no idea of relative costs, just letting you know of a solution that's easy and works. :)
For an extra cost of £250 or so compared to installing 2 x 1TB internal drives as a RAID 0 what would the advantage be please?
Hi
Anything connected via FW800 is going to give you less than half the data transfer bandwidth than an internal SATA or external eSATA RAID array, unless each drive has its own dedicated FW800 PCI/PCI-e card.
Its always more cost-effective to use an internal hard drive solution rather than an external one for your main editing storage.
External drives are more flexible, for backup, or for providing additional project-swappable editing storage.
The previous generations of Hitachi drives were reputed to have better firmware microcode for use in a RAID array. Western Digital say you should buy special RAID-compatible drives to use in an array, not their ordinary ones.
1TB drives are at the cutting edge of hard drive technology at the moment, so which manufacturer's drives to choose isn't really obvious - yet.
Highpoint rocket raid 2310 4 x 500 gig seagate sata 2 ES DRIVES in a raid 0 along with an additional 1 TB drive on an esata caddy - Antec MX1 for srag and drop backup as raid 0 is not safe! I have had a raid 0 running now for 4 mnths with no problems!
My word is it fast 300 mbit sec on the rocket raid 4 streams of HDV in realtime with EDIUS:)
O and all bought from SCAN
RAID CARD 90.00
DRIVES NOW 50 EACH
Less than 300 for a 2 tb hardware raid...................blimey
Although forget it if you edit uncompressed you need a major investment in hardware for that:(