Just got the new Mac Pro and I'm not sure where to place Windows for use in Bootcamp and (using the same installation) in Fusion 2. I got a smaller disc (600GB) and will get two 1TB ones soon. The first is for OSX and the other two for work files and music etc.
I want to be able to easily clone/reformat my OS X System disc independently from the data so I'd like to keep the two separate. I'll probably use two others as RAID to mirror the content (=1TB).
Should I split the first disc into two partitions and install Windows XP on that one, or should I install windows on the other (two)? I'm not sure if I'll work more in Bootcamp or more in Fusion. Some things (3DSMax) might be too slow in Fusion. Do Fusion and OS X work well on the same disc or do they hinder each other?
What about the backup of the Windows Volume. Does it matter if it's on the same harddisc as the OS X Volume?
I'd like to use NTFS on the Windows partition instead of FAT32, does Fusion work well with that? I know there is NTFS support on Mac (Paragon), to allow OS X to write on an NTFS disc, I'll get that too. Could I then use part of the mirrored 1TB harddiscs in NTFS format to read and write from Windows and OS X to them?
Thanks a lot for your time. Here's the questions again:
1. Windows on the same disc as OSX? Y/N
2. Windows and/or Windows work files on OS X Raid? Y/N
3. Windows and/or Windows work files in NTFS format on Raid? Works/doesn't work
I want to be able to easily clone/reformat my OS X System disc independently from the data so I'd like to keep the two separate. I'll probably use two others as RAID to mirror the content (=1TB).
Should I split the first disc into two partitions and install Windows XP on that one, or should I install windows on the other (two)? I'm not sure if I'll work more in Bootcamp or more in Fusion. Some things (3DSMax) might be too slow in Fusion. Do Fusion and OS X work well on the same disc or do they hinder each other?
What about the backup of the Windows Volume. Does it matter if it's on the same harddisc as the OS X Volume?
I'd like to use NTFS on the Windows partition instead of FAT32, does Fusion work well with that? I know there is NTFS support on Mac (Paragon), to allow OS X to write on an NTFS disc, I'll get that too. Could I then use part of the mirrored 1TB harddiscs in NTFS format to read and write from Windows and OS X to them?
Thanks a lot for your time. Here's the questions again:
1. Windows on the same disc as OSX? Y/N
2. Windows and/or Windows work files on OS X Raid? Y/N
3. Windows and/or Windows work files in NTFS format on Raid? Works/doesn't work