• Storage & Archiving

  single drive thunderbolt vs the cheaper prosumer raids

  Posted by Jacob Brown on July 12, 2013 at 6:26 pm

  i’m currently editing a long format piece in FCPX (aprox 90 mins in timeline).

  i am editing on a Lacie 3TB d2 Quadra. (connected to a MBP retina 2.6ghz w/16gb ram)

  is it worth it for me to switch to either the WD 4tb duo dual drive thunderbolt or the graid 4tb? (i need a 2nd HD anyway)

  editing on the current HD is almost always fine except for a few spots where i have compositing or complex effects like SliceX.

  obviously i’d like to save the $150-200 and just get a second Lacie 3 TB. But if the performance will shoot up, i will spring for the raid.

  thanks do much!!!!

  Rainer Wirth replied 12 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Eric Hansen

  July 12, 2013 at 7:21 pm

  very generally, a single SATA3 hard drive will deliver 150MB/s. I have a bunch of 8TB G-RAID Thunderbolt enclosures (the 2 drive versions) and they average 300MB/s. theoretically, the 4TB versions should be the same speed (until they fill up).

  hope that helps

  e

  Eric Hansen
  Production Workflow Designer / Consultant / Colorist / DIT
  https://www.erichansen.tv
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  Rainer Wirth

  July 16, 2013 at 4:02 pm

  I think you should stick to the lacie 4bay raids.
  Never change a running system!
  The first step up the ladder would be a SAS 8-bay array.

  cheers

  Rainer

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