Affordable P2 Workflow

[D. scott Dobbie]

“There is a reason why every manufacturer of storage for video uses Hitachi or Seagate drives in their arrays.”

What about LaCie? The triple-interface?

Thanks,

-Scott

[Shane Ross]

LaCie isn’t a drive manufacturer. They make drive case and install drives inside them. Typically they use Maxtors or Western Digital drives…or Hitachi’s on occassion. You never know what you’ll get.

Shane

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[Harryd]

Shane:

I’m curious why you didn’t use the popSataRAIDsicle as an external SATA array? My concern would be both heat generation and power availability inside the Mac.

thanks,

HarryD

[Shane Ross]

Power: I use a Y-splitter to split the power being fed to the optical to power the other drives. This works fine, and is, in fact, how the other commercially sold 3-drive internal mounting units do it. No problems yet.

Cooling. They sit in front of the fans so they get good airflow. And I spaced them (the popsicle sticks are merely to hold them apart) so there is good air flow. Again, the G5 Jive from Sonnet is basically a metal cage and cables that you assemble and put exactly where I put mine. There is another product whose name is eluding me at the moment that has an extra fan below the drives for additional cooling. But I haven’t had any problems. The fans kick on more often than they used to, and NOW my G5 i a heater (where before it ran cool)…but everything is running smooth.

Why not External? Well, I’d need to get a power supply for them for one….and fans. No, if I went external I’d get a box, like the 500p or 400p from Sonnet, Silver SATA from Weibetech or a Firmtek solution.

Shane

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