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Replacing Xserve Raid
Hello all,
I need to replace my Xserve Raid…drives continue to go bad & replacements are getting harder to find. We have a fiber link to the Xserve so I absolutely love the speed I have currently, I’m not finding a lot of options out there that offer a fiber link connection when searching for a replacement. Active Storage seems like the logical choice…but it’s out of my price range…hoping to find something in the 3k range. Any suggestions???
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6 Replies
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Any thoughts on the G-Speed eS Pro???
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yes, it’s not $3000.
Bob Zelin
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Saw that Todd…awesome discount!
Guess I’m just worried about taking a set backwards in performance. The G-Speed eS Pro has a read/write speed around 700mb/s…The Xserve RAIDs we use have 2 fiber link connections at 2Gb/s (Not sure if that is accurate…I’ve also heard 3,200 mb/s). Anyway, we work with a lot of DVCPro HD footage currently & are starting to incorporate more AVC Intra…by replacing my Xserve RAIDs with G-Speed eS Pros am I going to kill my productivity (render time & such)???
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[aaron spears] “Guess I’m just worried about taking a set backwards in performance. The G-Speed eS Pro has a read/write speed around 700mb/s…The Xserve RAIDs we use have 2 fiber link connections at 2Gb/s”
You’re comparing the actual read/write speed of the G-Speed array with the theoretical link speed to your Xserve RAID, without accounting for the read/write speed of the Xserve RAID array.
You can use the AJA System Test to find out what your current read/write speeds actually are.
Walter Soyka
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Thanks Walter!
Running the AJA tests made it clear to me that I will not be losing any performance…in fact it will probably improve my performance. Thanks 4 the advice!
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