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Quiet thunderbolt external array
Hello.
Should I replace my 2008 MP with one of the new iMac 27″, I guess I would need an external RAID storage array, that should be both safe and fast enough to edit, say at least 4TB of fast safe data. Now, I own a few external arrays that I only use for backup and storage, since I find them all far too noisy to be kept running in the same room where I edit, and my work space is one room only (I tried to build a soundproof cupboard but i had temperature issues with a couple of the arrays). Does anybody know of a system that’s quiet enough but still cool enough so that drives don’t get fried too often? I lately bought a MBP and I found I can make at least basic on field edits storing media on an external FW800 drive, that seems fast enough, but at this point I guess two Thunderbolt ports would be a necessary feature.
Thank you in advanceFabrizio D’Agnano
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Hi Fabrizio,
So far I have nothing but praise for the Pegasus R6 RAID I bought last january. And it is very quiet. It sits 2 meters from me (cable length) and I can barely hear it. Also, does not seem to heat up, even this summer when it was nearly 40 Celsius here in Switzerland.
I have it tied up to a 2012 iMac with 32 GB of RAM and run FCPX on it with IOXT for monitoring. The setup works very well.
Patrice Freymond
Editor Certified Trainer FCP7/X
Post ConsultantAlways learning…
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I’ll second that. It’s sort of the standard. I think I hear my blackmagic ultrastudio express fan more than the pegasus. I guess mine is the R4. 4 drives, 8th, formatted raid 5 so you get speed and backup, and end up with 6Tb of space.
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Great, Thank you!
I’ll check the specs. If they have a FW800 port together with the TB I’ll get one, so I can use right now with both my MBP with TB and MP with FW800, and with the iMac I am likely to buy when it’s available (December, they say). I have an old one, 2008, and I just love it. When I bought it I thought it was just a toy fit for e-mail, administration and occasional light editing and graphic work, and that it would have suffered for internal heat, instead it came out to be a tank and handled a lot of heavy work with no problem at all. With the two TB ports the new 27″ iMac could be set with a second display, an external real time HDMI output via a blackmagic or similar box, and a fast media array. More or less all that I need but for an esata port.Fabrizio D’Agnano
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You won’t be getting one then. Apple doesn’t put firewire ports on their products anymore. They have TB to FireWire adapters though. I’ve heard mixed results.
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