| | | | Re: EVGA GTX570 2.5 GB w/ MacVidCards FW
by Jonathon Lee on Jun 17, 2012 at 8:14:50 am
in the DaVinci Resolve Forum
I have 2 different FC RAID's as direct attached storage. I have an Infortrend 8-bay fibre channel RAID and a 12-bay Xyratex fibre channel RAID. I connect to them with an ATTO 42-es. I'm pretty sloppy with the storage. I could actually get a lot more | | | | |
| | | | Re: Smoke on a SAN?
by Jeremy Garchow on Jun 16, 2012 at 3:12:52 pm
in the Autodesk Smoke 2013 Forum
[Shawn Larkin] " So I don't see a really need for a SAN based cache."
Except it's the biggest, fastest, most expensive and reliable array in our shop. The reason for investing in a proper SAN was to get away from the local storage madness.
If | | | | |
| | | | Re: Promise Thunderbolt x 2 MACS
by Jeremy Garchow on Jun 9, 2012 at 7:56:43 pm
in the Apple FCPX Techniques Forum
I dont think it's that easy, although it'd be nice.
You will still need some sort of master metadata control (like maybe a mini) and then some sort of networking like Ethernet, Fibre, or 10Gb Ethernet that goes to a switch, and software to manage | | | | |
| | | | Re: New Mac Pro -- will you buy?
by Jeremy Garchow on Jun 6, 2012 at 12:58:39 pm
in the Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Forum
[Walter Soyka] "Sidebar -- let's say there's some new Mac Pro sizzle core action days away from release. Who here will place an order immediately? Who here used to buy Mac Pros, but will now stick with iMacs or MBPs instead"
It's rather dependent | | | | |
| | | | Re: NAS Device setup
by Robbie Coblentz on Jun 4, 2012 at 9:18:26 pm
in the SAN - Storage Area Networks Forum
Thanks Matt.
I'll just share what we have installed. Four edit suites being served off a MacPro with 40 TB RAID 5 storage via ATTO NS14 card, which hooks into a layer 3 Erricsson Gig switch via a 10 Gig port with SFP connectors on the back. Th | | | | |
| | | | Re: NAS Device setup
by Robbie Coblentz on Jun 4, 2012 at 1:36:01 am
in the SAN - Storage Area Networks Forum
Bob gets a little excitable sometimes, but he knows his stuff.
A gig Ethernet system would get you around 100 megabit read and writes on shared storage. The key is to have fast SAS raids hooked up to a Mac as a server, drop in a 10 gig card to di | | | | |
| | | | Re: Can I add an LTO5 drive to my ATTO R680
by Herb Sevush on Jun 1, 2012 at 3:36:22 pm
in the Maxx Digital Forum
[Tom Daigon] "Ive decided to go with Puget Systems. They are a class operation. I was able to configure a Sandy Bridge EP dual Xeon system with the fastest CPUs, 64 GB of ram and the Nvidia Maximus graphics card combo (Q4000 and Tesla 2075)."
I'd | | | | |
| | | | Re: Can I add an LTO5 drive to my ATTO R680
by Tom Daigon on Jun 1, 2012 at 3:22:26 pm
in the Maxx Digital Forum
Thanks for the confirmation, Herb.
Well after lots of research Ive decided to go with Puget Systems. They are a class operation. I was able to configure a Sandy Bridge EP dual Xeon system with the fastest CPUs, 64 GB of ram and the Nvidia Maximus | | | | |
| | | | Re: Can I add an LTO5 drive to my ATTO R680
by Herb Sevush on Jun 1, 2012 at 3:14:08 pm
in the Maxx Digital Forum
[Tom Daigon] "Herb, I am thinking of upgrading from my 4 year old EVO2 to the 6G 16 TB Expando Raid when I make the switch from Mac Pro to a Sandy Bridge EP Dual Xeon PC. Are you happy with its performance? "
It's been flawless. If you give it 8 P | | | | |
| | | | Re: Can I add an LTO5 drive to my ATTO R680
by Tom Daigon on Jun 1, 2012 at 3:08:04 pm
in the Maxx Digital Forum
Herb, I am thinking of upgrading from my 4 year old EVO2 to the 6G 16 TB Expando Raid when I make the switch from Mac Pro to a Sandy Bridge EP Dual Xeon PC. Are you happy with its performance? The EVO2 ha been a champ, but I always like to research n | | | | |
| | | | Re: MetaLAN -- ProjectStore -- FCPX
by Shawn Larkin on May 30, 2012 at 2:13:43 pm
in the metaSAN Forum
We server out clients with a NAS Head (MacPro) connected to fast storage (ATTO RAID card + drives) over GbE right now. This is the cheap man's SAN.
Some time ago, we tested MetaLAN on it, but decided to just go AFP.
But now that we are playing | | | | |
| | | | Re: Best Bang for buck 8 bay raid
by John Barata on May 25, 2012 at 5:59:47 am
in the - ARRAYS & RAID Set-Up - Forum
Thanks for all your input guys.
I do really like the proavio but I found the 4tb Gspeed es pro bundled with the raid card for $1500. This gives me the ability to get what I need done now and when I need more space or speed I'm only one enclosure | | | | |
| | | | Re: Best Bang for buck 8 bay raid
by Luis Rodriguez on May 22, 2012 at 4:44:08 pm
in the - ARRAYS & RAID Set-Up - Forum
I would not recommend the Highpoint 2722 due to reliability issues encountered by countless Highpoint users. Stick with a proven solution/combination (ATTO, Areca, Proavio, etc) and enjoy the creative freedom offered by products that are specifically | | | | |
| | | | Re: Best Bang for buck 8 bay raid
by James Barton on May 22, 2012 at 3:55:08 am
in the - ARRAYS & RAID Set-Up - Forum
Stardom SohoTank ST8, an Atto r380 or 680, and 8 Hitachi A7K series drives will serve you well--running in my work facility flawlessly for over a year now. And forget the Highpoint stuff--you need this to work and work for the long haul. | | | | |
| | | | Re: Best Bang for buck 8 bay raid
by Frank Gothmann on May 21, 2012 at 5:40:44 pm
in the - ARRAYS & RAID Set-Up - Forum
The Proavio looks nice but I would also throw Areca's ARC-8040 or 4036Ml into the mix for consideration. Great enclosures at a good price.
As far as the actual raid card is concerned: do yourself a favor and go for either Atto or Areca. You'll have | | | | |
| | | | Re: G-Speed eS pro 12tb with ATTO R680 mysterious failure...
by Joseph Tims on May 12, 2012 at 3:37:15 pm
in the G-Tech Forum
Hi There
I've just had a nightmare with a G-Speed Q 4TB. Connected via Esata to windows 7, running Symphony 6. the drive reverted to Raw (same as you) 4 times in as many weeks!!! I had it as HFS+ and raid 5 (out the box), then after first fail, I | | | | |
| | | | EVGA GTX570 2.5 GB w/ MacVidCards FW
by Jonathon Lee on May 9, 2012 at 5:00:20 am
in the DaVinci Resolve Forum
I just got my EVGA GTX570 back from David Pirinelli at MacVidCards. I have the 2.5GB model. My hope was to have a Resolve that can run "OK" off of a single GPU for GUI and processing and for other GPU apps... such as Smoke, MC and Adobe CS.
I have | | | | |
| | | | Re: CS5.5 Audio drop out and Magic Bullet issues
by Tim Kane on May 5, 2012 at 1:22:22 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
I was having horrible audio drop out problems two days ago to the point I moved my job to my laptop to get through the session with clients. That night I called AJA and I was a bit behind on the driver and adobe plug-ins. They recommended 10.1 with t | | | | |
| | | | Article: NAB 2012: ATTO Technologies
by Debra Kaufman on May 3, 2012 at 5:39:29 pm
in the COW - Tutorials Forum
SAN - Storage Area Networks NAB 2012: ATTO Technologies ATTO Technology showcased its entire line of storage and network connectivity products at NAB 2012, including its new Thunderbolt Desklink devices ThunderLink and ThunderStream. Also featured | | | | |
| | | | NAB 2012: ATTO Technologies
by Debra Kaufman on May 3, 2012 at 10:39:29 am
in the SAN - Storage Area Networks Forum
ATTO Technology showcased its entire line of storage and network connectivity products at NAB 2012, including its new Thunderbolt Desklink devices ThunderLink and ThunderStream. Also featured was a technology demonstration of the Celerity 16Gb/s Fibr | | | | |
| | | | Re: Hitachi Ultrastar model HUS or HUA?
by Bob Zelin on May 3, 2012 at 12:44:05 am
in the - ARRAYS & RAID Set-Up - Forum
Ranier has just given you great advice -
buy a Sonnet product - like this -
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/fusiondx800raid.html
it will give you everything you are looking for - a great ATTO RAID card, a great chassis, with a SAS expander | | | | |
| | | | Re: G-Tech eS Pro not mounting
by Gene Gilbert on May 2, 2012 at 3:07:22 pm
in the G-Tech Forum
Hi Eric,
Thanks for your post. Does the RAID volume appear in the ATTO Config Tool? Does the drive appear in Disk Utility? Have you checked the box in Finder Preferences to show external hard drives? Please let me know if you have any questions.
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| | | | G-Tech eS Pro not mounting
by Eric Santiago on May 2, 2012 at 1:37:16 pm
in the G-Tech Forum
I have a eS Pro 6TB on an R380.
Ran great under Snow Leopard.
Installed an extra drive for Lion.
ATTO shows up in Lion side however no eS Pro.
Boot back to Snow Leopard same thing?
Tried ATTO Config and tested the drives.
They are there but can | | | | |
| | | | Re: Hitachi Ultrastar model HUS or HUA?
by Rainer Wirth on May 2, 2012 at 10:23:40 am
in the - ARRAYS & RAID Set-Up - Forum
I've come to the same question. The HUS drives are cheaper, the HUA drives are better.
I use the same sas raid system (sonnet R800) and the same software (atto) to control it. The HUA drives work perfect for two years now. Don't mix the drives! If | | | | |
| | | | Hitachi Ultrastar model HUS or HUA?
by Jack Johnson on May 1, 2012 at 7:07:00 pm
in the - ARRAYS & RAID Set-Up - Forum
I've recently discovered there are two ultrastar models, the HUA (sata) or HUS (sas). I'll be using an Atto R680 to control the mini sas tower.
- Does it matter which ultrastar model I use?
- And can I mix HUA and HUS within the same RAID? | | | | |
| | | | For Sale: SNAS 96TB Apple Storage System
by Jeff Dempsey on Apr 27, 2012 at 8:14:29 pm
in the Classifieds, Personal Forum
Our company Dempsey Film Group has closed it's doors and we've been selling all kinds of stuff. Most of it is sold but we still have a SNAS storage system that is still available for sale. It's a 96 TB system that's all Mac based. I've included th | | | | |
| | | | DIY RAID chassis using Areca 8026 expander
by Jack Johnson on Apr 26, 2012 at 6:06:30 pm
in the - ARRAYS & RAID Set-Up - Forum
I've seen some of the DIY RAID chassis builds here, and while perusing the site I also came across the Areca 8026 expander. By the looks of the unit, it appears that using this product in a DIY build would eliminate the need for a motherboard inside | | | | |
| | | | Re: I wish there was an ATTO forum
by Bob Zelin on Apr 23, 2012 at 10:24:03 pm
in the - ARRAYS & RAID Set-Up - Forum
David writes -
I think the industry is saying that Thunderbolt is not fast enough ;)
REPLY -
gee, it's fast enough for editing h.264 files from your iPhone using FCP-X ! who needs anything else but that ? And what is this 4k thing people ke | | | | |
| | | | Re: I wish there was an ATTO forum
by David Gagne on Apr 23, 2012 at 2:46:04 pm
in the - ARRAYS & RAID Set-Up - Forum
I thought it was intriguing as well. Mini-SAS SAN? 48Gbs? Wow. I am still curious how it will implement in the real world, at their booth I think it was running MetaSAN or SanMP. I asked if it could run XSAN and they said "Maybe, we got that working | | | | |
| | | | I wish there was an ATTO forum
by Bob Zelin on Apr 21, 2012 at 5:42:15 pm
in the - ARRAYS & RAID Set-Up - Forum
because I would like to congradulate ATTO on an incredible booth
at the NAB 2012 show. ATTO influences SO MANY COMPANIES that have forums on Creative Cow, and this year was a banner year for ATTO, with everything from 16Gig Fibre cards, to new 10G | | | | |
| | | | G-Speed eS pro 12tb with ATTO R680 mysterious failure...
by Dan Lyons on Apr 18, 2012 at 4:20:28 am
in the G-Tech Forum
Hello,
So at my office today, we had a bit of a disaster:
Our 12TB G-Speed eS Pro (RAID 0) completely failed. I realize that failure happens, and that RAID 0 offers no redundancy (our data was backed up twice, so we're alright). But the way i | | | | |
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