G5 2.5 dualprocessor replacement

[samsc]

right. thanks for the re: indeed fw800 is not the way to go.

you can use fw800 - in the end you get what you pay for.
there isnt much mystery to this.

you pay for performance.

I have tested fw400 and fw800 with raptor drives using GTech cases.
http://www.g-raid.com/
--on my intel mac mini, and intel imac- this is the fastest setup you can get.

And of course it works. just not quite as well as scsi- with content the way people have normally used it.

if you need an answer for yourself - you have to test it for yourself - and see whether the results are acceptable for your requirements - at the price you want to pay.

[samsc]

one more thing.

fw800 as an interface - never works faster than the exact same internal sata drive could work.

whatever the raid config - its never going to be faster than a single internal sata drive.

the bandwidth of fw800 is not really enough to do anything with a raid configuration - unless you have really poorly performing drives.
thats why most people in this area have put sata connectors on their drive cases.

current headline data transfer rates can be found at:

http://www.storagereview.com/php/ben...bench_sort.php

[GideonKiers]

excellent excellent information and support, thanks a bunch !

btw, is the nvidia 6600 that comes standard with the pcie g5s worse than the card that came standard with the dualproc 2.5 g5 ?

[samsc]

excellent excellent information and support, thanks a bunch !

btw, is the nvidia 6600 that comes standard with the pcie g5s worse than the card that came standard with the dualproc 2.5 g5 ?

yes much worse.

its the equivalent power of a graphics card like the nVidia 5200 - from some time ago.

tests done here:
http://www.barefeats.com/mutant4.html
show the standard 6600 - performing about 1/4 of the speed of a 7800.

Note that the latest version of aperture - has apparently stopped supporting this card.

[samsc]

fw800 as an interface - never works faster than the exact same internal sata drive could work.

whatever the raid config - its never going to be faster than a single internal sata drive.

this article shows this kindof thing:

http://www.barefeats.com/hard71.html