Matthew Bowden
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Greg, thanks for the reply. This thread is almost two years old. I ended up purchasing a matching thunderbolt card for my computer and also purchased a Pegasus 2 R6 Thunderbolt raid.
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Bob,I don’t know what to say other than it’s clear to me now that you aren’t hear to help anyone. If you were you would read carefully the question and offer a solution. But it seams that you are only interested…and possibly capable…of offering up judgement. I don’t need you, or anyone else, to criticize me and make me feel less than. There are PLENTY of crazy talented people who don’t spend tens of thousands on equipment and have very successful careers. Did it ever occur to you that we have three other levels of redundancy after this raid? Did it ever occur to you that we have an offsite data center with backups of all of our projects for the last 10 years?
No, you know why because all I asked was if people has other suggestions regarding raid storage other than thunderbolt. I didn’t ask someone to offer up a ridiculous opinion on whether someone was cut out to be a professional based on an equipment budget.
Obviously you can do and say what you want but I would appreciate it if you wouldn’t involve yourself in this thread anymore. I would very much like to speak with people interested in offering up solutions…not people trying to feel better about themselves by bashing others.
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Bob, again I appreciate all responses. Did you read my post about my budget of $1500 is only for the raid?
I know you mean well but I’m not just a “young kid hired by a boss that refuses to go to a knowledgeable reseller.” There are a lot of things you don’t know about my situation. One being that this is a very reputable production company with a large office full of server rooms and high dollar equipment. I have been graciously hired but allowed to live in my state. They have bent over backwards to work with me even to the point of giving me a large budget to get my remote home office all equipped…within reason. I’m a creative guy. I’ve been in the industry fo a little over ten years. I have an emmy and plenty of experience…but I’ve never been put in charge of buying my own computer equipment to this degree. It’s always been given to me. They mean it with the best intentions. instead of just buying stuff regardless of if it’s the best for me…they have taken on the frustration of allowing me to do all the research and tell them what I need to comfortably work at home.
Essentailly my post here is a simple question…
IF I decide NOT to go with Thunderbolt 2 raid…what is my next best option around $1500? Im not asking about computers. Thanks again and I appreciate any and all supportive suggestions.
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Isn’t usb 3.0 faster than esata?
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I hadn’t looked at cables yet. I’m new to SAS. Never heard of it before now. I thought I saw a PCIe card for like $200. Again I wasn’t looking at that yet. I feel so trapped with regards to a good backup on the pc. I’d hate to think that USB 3 is my only option…if I can’t get the thunderbolt to work.
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Thanks for the responses so far. Let me clear up the budget question. $1,500 is my budget for the raid and ONLY the raid. Not for the computers too.
Yes I am getting two computers…no this raid will NOT be connected to both computers. I do 3d animation motion design so I have 1 working computer (the one the raid is connected to) and a second slave/render machine. Its sole purpose is to be additional CPU/GPU power.
I’m one person…with a budget…just trying to figure out my best options for what I can spend. So far it seems like the suggestion is to soldier thorugh the frustrations with trying to get thunderbolt II to work with my motherboard and just buy a 4 bay thunderbolt II raid.
I just had seen online that I could get an entry level 8 bay raid 5 mini SAS enclosure for like $500 and then put in like $1k worth of drives.
I still very much appreciate additional opinions now that hopefully I’ve cleared up any confusion.