getting a raid for storage
by Lili Chin
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Jun 17, 2008 at 8:15:43 pm
Dear All,
Hi, I am writing to find which drives you GURU's recommend on for getting a RAID for media storage.
Essentially we are looking to do the following:
we have 1 GD Dual 2 ghz processor w/ 8ghz of RAM. We are working with FCP Studio 2 and have a couple projects going at once. We need a major harddrive for storage, keeping clips always live and active, like an archive we can go to for any kind of content - still, video and sound. It needs to be a large library, and we can either
a) pull clips into a capture scratch having 1 harddrive per project with all duplicated clips in the PROJECT A harddrive
b) or just have the clips for PROJECT A on another harddrive pull the media from the MASTER RAID. and archive the project with teh media copied onto another harddrive and store it away.
so if we follow B) that would probably entail:
1 large raid (mirrored) so our media is backed up
introduce a 400 firewire drive and copy the media onto the external drive when the project is done
if we follow A) it would entail:
1 large raid (mirrored)
1 chassis with the ability to put copied assets onto each of the external harddrives per project. That way, when I do work from the FCP project, I will be extracting media from PROJECT A harddrive instead of the RAID. and not need to copy the project afterwards. To archive, I just pull the harddrive out of the chassis and store it away and put an fresh harddrive in for the next project
I know this is a little confusing. please present questions where I can clarify.
BASICALLY we need 1 main media library and a copied library per project, so that when each project is archived the assets will be online and not pull from the Main media library any longer.
Re: getting a raid for storage by david bogie on Jun 17, 2008 at 9:05:19 pm
[Lili Chin]"I know this is a little confusing. please present questions where I can clarify"
Suggest you just search the forum's archives for RAID. The problem is that every RAID installation and needs are different, yours a bit odd. I cannot tell from your post whether or not you really understand RAID or not so someone recommending a product for you would only lead to more questions. Ultimately, you've got an important decision to make that will satisfy your needs to keep your workflow flexible, safely back up your media, possibly be expandable, and be fault tolerant.
I'd talk to a vendor. Be sure your RAID includes back up power.
bogiesan
This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: "For crying out loud, read the freakin' manual."
Re: getting a raid for storage by Chris Poisson on Jun 18, 2008 at 9:01:45 pm
Hi Lili,
If I understand your setup, why such a confusing scheme with only one computer?
Sounds like you need to read the posts on RAID in the archives, there are hundreds. What you need is some kind of RAID 5 and a few FW drives for backup, keep it simple.
