• AJA Video Systems

  Thinking about an io…

  Posted by Enzo Tedeschi on April 26, 2006 at 2:50 am

  Hey all,

  I’m thinking of picking up an io box, and was curious about hard drive recommendations. From what I read on other posts, a two-drive SATA raid would be enough – but will I need a third-party controller to get the speed?

  Any suggestions or ideas welcome, and I’m not shy about “rolling my own” if there is a significant advantage (in dollars or otherwise)…

  Also, has anyone experienced any major headaches with this box working at 1:1? And does it allow for say 2:1 within the codecs etc? It’s unclear from the AJA website….

  Thanks in advance…

  Enzo Tedeschi
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  Bob Zelin

  April 30, 2006 at 4:46 pm

  a great SATA starter kit is the Firmtek Seritek 2 port host card, 2 bay SATA enclosure, with 2 Seagate or Hitachi SATA drives. This is VERY inexpensive, and will easily to 8 and 10 bit SDI and DVCProHD. Yes, you must stripe the 2 SATA drives together using Apple Disk Utility. I use this configuration all the time with zero problems. You will make back the money on this configuration the first day of billing.

  Bob Zelin
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  Enzo Tedeschi

  April 30, 2006 at 11:54 pm

  Thanks, Bob.

  I have done some pricing comparisons, and to build one as per your suggestion comes to within a couple of hundred dollars of something like this in the same size:

  https://www.streetwise.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=28_162&products_id=4602

  and this unit has the RAID built in. A wiser option? Built-in RAID surely must offer some advantage… plus I’m in Australia, and I can’t seem to fins a local supplier for the Firmtek stuff… yet…

  Do you have an opinion of the Lacie unit? Or Lacie in general – the views her are mixed.

  Enzo Tedeschi
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  Mat @ lacie

  May 1, 2006 at 12:03 am

  Hello Enzo,
  If you are considering a SATA solution from LaCie, you can check out the Two Big:
  https://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10490

  500GB or 1TB.

  Works great for 8bit/10bit SD.

  Hope this helps.
  Mat @ LaCie.
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  Enzo Tedeschi

  May 1, 2006 at 12:12 am

  Thanks, Mat.

  That’s the one in my link above – can’t buy from the Lacie store, as it won’t ship to Oz.

  Are they shipping yet? Everywhere online is listing them as pre-orders only.

  Enzo Tedeschi
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  Mat @ lacie

  May 1, 2006 at 12:18 am

  Hi Enzo,
  We started to ship in the US a few weeks ago so I am fairly sure that LaCie Australia is also shipping Two Big. If not, it should be a matter of days.

  Just in case, here is LaCie Australia contact info:
  https://www.lacie.com/au/contact/

  Thanks.
  Mat
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  Enzo Tedeschi

  May 1, 2006 at 12:22 am

  Rock and roll, Mat.

  Thanks!

  Enzo Tedeschi
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