Peter Tours
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It really is a paradox that in trying to avoid a situation I encountered it all over again.
Pro Apps, Mac and “Enterprise”(home of the dreaded Raid Card) support are completely isolated from each other. Each knows frighteningly little about the others’ area of specialization. And no one I have encountered at Apple gets the “Pro” thing – that if a PRO buys a Mac PRO, a Macbook PRO and Final Cut PRO he needs integrated professional assistance while his business is going down in gray screen flames..but alas, no. To Apple, Pro is simply a marketing word to sell product. They are not prepared at all to deal with pro’s. Live and learn.
Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL -
They never let me touch the pod – Chief Engineer only…job security.
Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL -
Perhaps I have been unclear, and for that I apologize.
When I purchased my 2008 BTO Mac Pro, I ordered 4 x 1tb drives and the brand new Apple Raid Card. Previously I had always used SCSI Raids with an ATTO card, but I don’t work there any more. An all-Apple solution sounded like a good idea at the time. I have been editing for over 30 years, and wanted to avoid the Sony-Grass Valley-Ampex-CMX finger pointing that marked tech support for the first half of my career. I figured (wrongly) that Mac internal drives with a Mac interal RAid card and FCP was the best config for me.
I have always used Raid Zero – and have always had a sophisticated reliable backup system in place for redundancy.
In time I went thru 2 Raid cards on the original 2008 Mac Pro but the second one killed the machine all together. Applecare came thru with a brand new 2009 2.93 BTO now with the new 2009 Mac Pro Raid Card – so puter and card are both different.
But the song remains the same!
Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL -
So that begs the question, why do a hardware raid at all, if you can do a software raid? I always use Raid 0 and back up to externals several times a day.
Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL -
Bob – It’s not that I keep buying Apple Raid cards…they are just Applecare replacements. Made sense at the time….bought it with my original 2008 Mac Pro. It was new, no track record yet. Time has shown it’s an abysmal failure but the investment is made. Applecare keep replacing it..and even the computer itself last March when I had a total failure during an on-site service raid card battery replacement. Apple aren’t going to buy me another brand device…wish they would. The investment is made – really can’t afford a new Raid right now.
I have seen your postings and articles and respect your opinion. Do you ever recommend an internal raid card and if so which one? Or is an internal raid just a dumb idea in the fist place?
Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL -
You got me there! LOL…you know I just want more Red…can’t get enough. I am sure I will be very happy when it arrives. Have a nice weekend! Peter
Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL -
Err….not to seem argumentative, but doesn’t Q3 start next month?
Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL -
Great – after reading the announcement it sounded like Red 5 was already to be released. Looking forward to it. Thanks!
Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL -
So I guess you won’t be needing any Beta testers after all. Will there be an intro webinar?
Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL -
Sounds like the plan…
Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL