LaCie Biggest S2S quicktime corruption?

[Walter Biscardi]

[aiden] “All I did to install this drive when I got it was go into the wizard and set it to Fast & Safe. The drives were apparently already formatted for Mac.. Thanks!”

First mistake, not re-formatting the drive when you hooked it up. Every single harddrive that’s installed or connected to any computer needs to be formatted before it is used. All LaCie’s and G-RAID’s will show up on your desktop the first time you connect them, but they need to be re-formatted using Apple’s Disk Utility before they are used.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.com

Now in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com

Now editing “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

G5 Dual 2.0, AJA Kona 2, Medea FCR2X

[Aiden]

But I didn’t format the G-Raid either, and that drives works perfectly fine, accept for the fact that one of the connectors died on it. However, I will try formatting the LaCie and see what happens. I’m guessing I’m going to have the same problem. I heard from a buddy that he was having his photoshop files corrupt when copying to a RAID “striped” setup. Only until it switch them back to non-striped did he not get corrupted files, and this was not with a LaCie drive, but some other brand. Is anyone using the LaCie biggest S2S striped with out fail???

[Aiden]

So I just switched from my raid setup to JBOD so now I just have 5 450gig drives. and sure enough when I copy the quicktime file to it, no corruption. So it is only when striping the drives do I get this problem, maybe I will just take it up with LaCie’s technical support team on monday. Thanks!

[Walter Biscardi]

[aiden] “So I just switched from my raid setup to JBOD so now I just have 5 450gig drives. and sure enough when I copy the quicktime file to it, no corruption. So it is only when striping the drives do I get this problem, maybe I will just take it up with LaCie’s technical support team on monday. Thanks!”

Did you erase and reformat them like I suggested? That’s the first thing they will ask you. All drives, including G-RAID’s should be formatted before their first use. Keep in mind that any drive, even ISO-9600 drives (PC Formatted) will show up on a Mac drive and work, but you will not be able to copy any files to them from a Mac because they will crash or be corrupted.

So I’ll ask again, did you reformat the LaCie?

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.com

Now in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com

Now editing “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

G5 Dual 2.0, AJA Kona 2, Medea FCR2X

[Tom Matthies]

FWIW, I’m using Lacie drives in striped configurations both at work and at home and I’ve never had a problem with file corruption…ever.
I’m running eight drives as four pairs and so far so good. Of course, by saying this, I’ve probably just put the whammy on them. Damn…
Tom

[Aiden]

A big nope. I didn’t reformat to try to prove my theory about striping, but I did partition it, if that constitues “reformatting” which is the same thing I had to do to the LaCie when I got it out of the box.

[Aiden]

Hahaha. hopefully not, I’m hoping its just some harware conflit issue, or something faulty. Because I have my GRAID striped and it works perfectly (in not corrupting files). I’ll be sure to post back next week to let everyone know what LaCie had to say.. even if they tell me to format the drives.. I’m convinced its not going to solve the problem.