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RAID opinions sought
Hi All
I’m setting up a new FCP system, and I’m hoping to get some opinions on storage options. I’m currently looking at a Dulce Pro DQ ESATA RAID with 8 1TB drives and a 16 bay fibre channel Rorke Galaxy HDX2 with 16 500GB drives running off a ATTO FC-42ES host adaptor.
I expect to use the system for a mix of SD and compressed HD jobs at the start, but want to have the headroom to work in uncompressed HD in the future.
The Dulce setup would be about $4000 cheaper, but would be less capable for expansion(ie swapping out the 500GB drives for 1TB ones in the Rorke system). Can anyone offer any first hand experiences with either one of these setups in terms of reliabliity and speed? Is the Rorke system overkill?
Thanks for any info you can offer
Dan
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[Dan Hayes] “Is the Rorke system overkill? “
It’s beyond overkill. Using FC for non-shared use is ridiculous. The Dulce is beyond fast enough for uncompressed HD. And later on you can replace the eight 1TB drives with eight 4TB when they come out next week…. okay maybe not next week but probably next year.
Something else you may not be aware of. 1TB drives are generally a lot faster than 500GB drives. So the Dulce could end up being just as fast.
Sean
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