4 bay enclosure building

[samsc]

http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/addonics/tower/

[Sandals512]

That looks like a nice alternative to an Xserve Rack.
I've been pondering and pricing Raid Setups lately and that looks great.

I also found this one
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/RAID/

160gb Raid starting at $240, Firewire 800.
Has anyone tested playback with a Firewire 800 drive?

I'm thinking about the 320gb drive, as I only have about 70g of my content, and usually have no more than 6gb of custom per show anyway.

[jasonrudolph]

These really are not a replacement for an xserve RAID rack, not even close.

The external SATA will perform better than the external firewire drives, and sometimes he costs are almost the same.

[RKHCKP]

just got off the road with using a Lacie 250g as my content drive w/ a Lacie 320g as my backup content drive.

never had a problem with running content. i had more issues with my HDs in the G5. Just with all the going in and out of venues and traveling with a truck and all. I chose to use the Lacie and after running it on the backup server for several weeks with no issues, i switched to the main content drive and things have been great. when we rebuilt our touring system for a one-off a couple of weeks ago, way faster to attach a HD via Firewire 800 than to upload to a HD within a G5 server.

In fact we are doing another show for New Year's Eve and will use the Lacie again as the primary content HD.