Quote Originally Posted by litemover
Can get full speed with 4 drive raptor array using a variety of codecs, Pixlet at 86, DVCPRO50 comps in AE at 1280x720 best quality, even photo Jpeg.

4 drives make a huge difference.

CC
yes. 4 drives makes a difference - what it does it push the data rate bottleneck down - until it reaches the processor bottleneck.
The point these converge is dependant on the codec /data rate relationship.

But it isnt going to give you more layers.
Because the drive latency stays the same - if it doesnt actually get worse.
A single drive can give better multiple file playback than multiple drives, if the data rate is below a certain threshold

The thing now preventing more layers is processor. - i think.
I got some more drives yesterday.