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G-Raid, cause for concern?
Just purchased a 1.5 TB G-Raid for a new studio project. We are ingesting via SDI onto the drive through Matrox MXO2 and FCP.
Everything tested fine before the project. During the shoot, there were a couple times the drive dismounted itself and I got the FCP error message about a device not being properly ejected. After a reboot everything went fine for a few of days and we backed up to a second G-Raid throughout. On the last day, FCP would keep crashing on log&capture from camera and I finished the shoot on tape (I always record to a backup tape during these studio/capture to hard drive shoots).
While ingesting the tape footage onto the G-Raid I am noticing a heck of a lot of noise coming from the G-Raid that I have not noticed before with other brands…whirring, clunking. Is this normal for these Hitachi drives or should it be a cause for concern?
Also, when piggybacking to a second FW800 drive it dismounts itself. I just read another thread here about someone who had a huge problem piggybacking in similar fashion. So, I am guessing that is a bad idea. Is that problem inherent on all FW800 drives or just the G-Raid? I have done similar with FW400 drives with no problem but this is the first time I have attempted with FW800.
Thanks to all.
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piggy back on those can be a problem. if I’m not mistaken there were much earlier versions that did it fine, but newer ones can’t.
I would get that unit replaced asap.
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I am noticing a heck of a lot of noise coming from the G-Raid that I have not noticed before with other brands…whirring, clunking.
Yeah… this is NOT normal. Every time I have experienced this, a drive failure is usually the next step. Run disc utility (or better yet, Disk Warrior) and see what it tells you. It will tell you if there is a problem. But I would back it up (sounds like you have) and replaced as soon as possible.
Good luck.
Richard Cooper
FrostLine Productions, LLC
Anchorage, Alaska
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In many cases like yours (drive clicking and unmounting) the failure turns out to be the power supply unit only. Be sure to swap in a matching power brick before your sure it’s the drive.
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