Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan have a look at http://www.lacie.com/nl/products/product.htm?pid=10963 they also exist for firewire Meino Nathan Wajsman wrote: > This whole thread has been quite interesting, as I have considered a > neater approach to external disks than the JBOD approach I use now. So, > going back to basics. I understand what Raid 0, 1, 5 mean. What I would > like is a Raid 1 or 5 solution with as much capacity as possible, at a > reasonable price, and able to work with my iMac (in other words, no > possibility for a Raid controller card, it must be able to plug into one > of the FW or USB ports and be controlled by software). Does such a thing > exist, or am I better off staying with JBOD? > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > On Aug 22, 2008, at 11:06 PM, George Hartzell wrote: > >> Gary Todoroff writes: >>> Very thoughtful and informative reply, George. Would love to debate >>> over a beer sometime! [...] >> >> I think that it wouldn't be much of a debate, at the end of the day >> we're pretty much in agreement. Over the years we've all learned all >> kinds of lessons about organizing our data on computers. A lot of >> what I've internalized isn't really appropriate anymore (multi core >> systems with fast internal buses make it more reasonable to do >> software raid, terabyte drives mean that I no longer have to glue >> storage together out of too-small peices, although fast & large file >> size cameras have me generating more data than ever) but there are new >> reasons for slicing and dicing. >> >> I was reacting to the idea of not putting the OS on a raid for >> stability reasons, and I still think that's not an issue. Your >> comment >> >>> [...] data only on >>> the RAID, OS on the IDE (or is it SATA?) drive that runs the computer >>> and will be there no matter what happens to the RAID. >> >> still makes it seem that you don't see the RAID devices as a source of >> stability, but we can just agree to differ on that. >> >>> I also like the >>> performance advantage that puts the OS overhead on one disk, while >>> the data read/writes are the only function of the RAID. >> >> One of the nice things about putting everything on the mirror is that >> it gives the OS a chance to interleave and nearly-optimally schedule >> IO requests onto both of the drives, you get 2x read speeds while >> reading in LightRoom for the first time, then 2x read speeds while >> reading in your images, then if necessary app and image reading in >> parallel. >> >> But anyway, it's been a fun discssion, >> >> g. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.comVersion: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: > 270.6.6/1627 - Release Date: 8/22/2008 6:48 AM > > >