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WoOdPiPeS

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Jan 12, 2008
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Hi guys,
I'd appreciate your opinions about my next shop. I need to buy an external RAID for my MacPro 2008, just for DVCPRO HD editing.

I have two options:
G-TECH G-Raid3 + G-TECH PCIe 4port
CALDIGIT VR + Fasta 4e

Would you tell me other options? What do you think about this ones?

Other option, is to get an internal card, for connecting my internal drives (I have the 4 bays full, but I think that I can install 2 more on the extra SATA connectors) like the CALDIGIT RAID Card.

Thanks in advance,


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WoOdPiPeS said:
Hi guys,
I'd appreciate your opinions about my next shop. I need to buy an external RAID for my MacPro 2008, just for DVCPRO HD editing.

I have two options:
G-TECH G-Raid3 + G-TECH PCIe 4port
CALDIGIT VR + Fasta 4e

Would you tell me other options? What do you think about this ones?

Other option, is to get an internal card, for connecting my internal drives (I have the 4 bays full, but I think that I can install 2 more on the extra SATA connectors) like the CALDIGIT RAID Card.

Thanks in advance,


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It seems I've been successful... hehehe
Any idea for a 100Mb/sec necessity?

Thanks,


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DVCProHD doesn't necessitate a RAID... you can edit it just fine on FW drives.

If you are going to get the RAID, I'd go with the Caldigit. I use their RAID card. They have great support.
 
Honestly if i was you i would just buy 2 FW 800 drives that are 7200rpm and do a software raid on them it should get you the speeds your looking for.
 
bigbossbmb said:
DVCProHD doesn't necessitate a RAID... you can edit it just fine on FW drives.

If you are going to get the RAID, I'd go with the Caldigit. I use their RAID card. They have great support.
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I've reading extensively about the Caldigit RAID card on this forum, and seems there are opposite opinions...
Firewire drives under Software Raid, as GatePC suggest, is fine? When I said 100Mb/sec, is for a basic time line,.. it can be easily more. That's why I think in going to a Sata Raid; it's like a "prevention" action...
My system is a MacPro octo core 2,8, 16Gb Ram, and 4 HD's, only 1 Hd for video... May I install a second drive on the empty dvd bay, and connect it to the main board... and do a software Raid???

As you see, I'm amateur on this area... and a bit lost too. Sorry for this.


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spinnerlys said:
As far as I know DVCPro HD has a data rate of 5.8MB/S (720p/24fps) and 14MB/s (1080i/30fps), so 100MB/s with a FW800 software RAID might completely suffice, unless you want more than 7 or 17 video streams at the same time.

EDIT: According to this older (2005) article, FW800 RAIDs can achieve up to 73MB/s, which would mean 5 to 12 video streams. http://www.macworld.com/article/43820/2005/03/fw800raid.html
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Thanks for answering,
are you sure that those numbers are the correct? At the moment, importing P2 files, the data rate is setted around 60Mbps...
DVCPRO HD should be the double... am I missing something?

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WoOdPiPeS said:
Thanks for answering,
are you sure that those numbers are the correct? At the moment, importing P2 files, the data rate is setted around 60Mbps...
DVCPRO HD should be the double... am I missing something?

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60Mbps or 120Mbps are Megabit per second, I meant MegaByte.

60Mbps is 7.5MB/s (60 divided by 8) and 120Mbps are 15MB/s.

I found those numbers looking for "DVCPro HD data rate" via a search engine of my choice.
 
spinnerlys said:
60Mbps or 120Mbps are Megabit per second, I meant MegaByte.

60Mbps is 7.5MB/s (60 divided by 8) and 120Mbps are 15MB/s.

I found those numbers looking for "DVCPro HD data rate" via a search engine of my choice.
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I see... thanks for you aclaration.
So, as you said, with a sofware Raid should be ok. As I'm using my 2nd and 3rd disk, and only the 4th is Video dedicated, I could install a 5th hd in my mac pro, and doing a sofware raid--- don't you think?
Have you experience on this?

Thanks

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bigbossbmb said:
DVCProHD doesn't necessitate a RAID... you can edit it just fine on FW drives.

If you are going to get the RAID, I'd go with the Caldigit. I use their RAID card. They have great support.
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I second the you don't need a RAID, and also, if you get one go Caldigit.;)

Their support it top notch. A 2-3 TB Caldigit VR configured in JBOD mode with FW800 would allow you an editing drive plus a reliable, hot swappable backup drive. Plus you can always switch to RAID 0 and add an ExpressCard/34 if you, for example, find yourself editing ProRes in the future.
 
Chris7 said:
I second the you don't need a RAID, and also, if you get one go Caldigit.;)

Their support it top notch. A 2-3 TB Caldigit VR configured in JBOD mode with FW800 would allow you an editing drive plus a reliable, hot swappable backup drive. Plus you can always switch to RAID 0 and add an ExpressCard/34 if you, for example, find yourself editing ProRes in the future.
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The VR has an eSATA Extender included, in order to connect it straight to the 2 free sata conectors, hidden behind the main fans, on MacPro botherboard. Do you know if performance is much less than buying a eSata Pcie by Caldigit (Fasta-4e) for connecting the VR?

Thanks for supporting!


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