[Mathew Welsh]

Tom,

thanks very much for your helpful reply.

I have configured two 500GB drives together in a RAID 1 mirror array, for back up. I’m editing footage from the Sony EX1, and my MacBook Pro handles it fine through the firewire connection.

Next I think I’ll buy a RAID set like something from G-Tech, where the RAID controller is built in, and I can work from a striped RAID, and back up to a mirrored RAID on a regular basis.

Mathew Welsh
Producer, Director, Editor
Journeyman Film Company
http://www.journeymanfilm.com
Halifax, Canada

[Mathew Welsh]

Tom,

this is the first time I’ve posted here, so I hope this gets to you or is following this forum’s protocols.

When you say you run two dual drive set-ups, are these in a RAID array? This concept is new to me. I”m trying to educate myself on RAIDs.

I run FCP on a Mac Book Pro as well, and have been storing my video files on external drives, not in a RAID array — but I’m thinking I should. I have just bought two new 500GB drives with eSATA and FireWire, etc, and I’m thinking I should set them up as a RAID array. Is this easy to do with a MacBook PRo, or do I need special software? and by running two dual drive set-ups, is this some way of backing up your RAID?

thanks.

Mathew Welsh
Producer, Director, Editor
Journeyman Film Company
http://www.journeymanfilm.com
Halifax, Canada