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Anything new happen with the Highpoint card?

Anybody got a working 6+ drive RAID yet?

Read that Seriteks in slots 2 & 3 takes a performance hit - how big?

Gotta have the capture card in 4 if ...

I was just reading somewhere the other day that FCP only processes in 8 bits per channel, 10 bits if you're careful about what effects you're using. So it may be possible to edit in 12bit, but you wou ...

...while it would be great to have the desired 300 MB/sec across the entire capacity of the array, it isn't necessarily required, I'd argue.

The rule of thumb, so far based on my own tests (see my ...

I picked up my throughput numbers from

http://www.blackmagic-design.com/site/25support.htm

NOT including audio. They differ from yours, by more than just audio.

As for 50 MB/sec inner sector ...

Bummer about Highpoint, but the future may bring new things.

If the 4 port Firmtek can do 50 MB/sec per drive, that and the two internals should get us where we want to go. 6X50 is 300 MB/sec, 6x30 ...

Hey all -

I just posted up a huge long honkin' article on most everything I know about SATA RAIDs at

http://www.hdforindies.com/archivedarticles/2004_06_01_archived_article#108672778918379763 ...

Eeek...then I'm going to wait to buy one of the cards until the drivers can perform at a reasonable level.

Here's my understanding of software vs. hardware RAID - if I'm wrong, somebody PLEASE bust me on it:

OK, here's what I know (or think I do):

Software RAID: The computer's CPU is responsible for ...

That Addonics case definitely would be a better deal then.

Good info on SMART - I'll pass that along.

A-ha! I'll probably buy a Highpoint card then.

When are you getting the drivers?

Not that it's rock solid info, but when I was discussing drives with a RAID vendor, the specifically spoke out against WD. I don't know if it was a bad batch, or a bad experience, or what, but they we ...

How much was that Addonics solution? You could get 8 external PPA, Inc. cases fro $400 total from Fry's. That's not just cheap, but cheep - I wouldn't stack the drives on top of each other, they'd get ...

So I just now gave up trying to get a DeckLink HD card into slot 4 on my G5, even though they have a support link specifically on how this is supposed to work...but it categorically doesn't on my box. ...

I'm going to respond to each in order:

1.) adding more drives can be tough on the mac, since at the moment, there is only one card out there that lets you add 2 more drives to the two internals we ...

One more thing - I noticed that, inside the PPA, Inc. SATA boxes, there are these nice little one piece connectors that are power and SATA connector in one piece that plugs as a single unit into the d ...

A few little tidbits I want to throw into the equation, Robert Morgan has covered these in his site:

1.) The Hitachi 7K250 and 7K400 drives run around 60 MB/sec at the edge, about 30 at the hub. So ...