SATA Drive Storage
by Renny McCauley
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Aug 20, 2008 at 10:55:46 pm
We will begin shooting on the Sony EX-3 soon and I want to update our drive storage solution for more capacity, faster performance, and better backup. We edit on a PowerMac G-5 Quad (4x2.5). I'm looking at buying 2 of the Firmtek 5-Bay enclosures.
http://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-5pm/ I want to fill each bay with 1TB Seagate drives.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148274 Both units will be RAID 0. One will be a primary editing drive, the other will be a backup drive. Now I would like to have the option of connecting 4 SATA's at once and Firmtek does not have a 4-port card for the Quad G-5, so instead I'm looking at the CalDigit Fasta 4e 4-port card.
http://www.CalDigit.com/FASTA-4e.asp Any thoughts on this set up? Good idea? Bad idea?
Thanks!
Renny
Re: SATA Drive Storage by Reid Caulfield on Aug 22, 2008 at 4:47:45 am
Consider using Seagate NS series drives, especially if you're raiding them together. Longer warranty and apparently more quality control in manufacturing than the AS series. Also about $100 more per drive. I couldn't find the 1TB NS on NewEgg's site but they're around.
If you're doing the 5 bay Seritek, why not go RAID 5? RAID 0. Almost as fast and as RAID 0 & safer to boot. With 2 sets of these I think you can get into RAID 50. I'm not sure if any of the Seritek cards can handle this, but there are cards out there that can. I haven't dived into RAID 50 yet, but with all the drives you plan to bring online it seems like it may be a good way to go.
