G5 Pro and V3

[Gian]

Just forgot, all drives are 7200 rpm

[RedLightning]

How much RAM have you installed.
I have spent the last couple of days setting up my new Macpro, the challenge I am finding is that no one is stocking the RAM, I just have the base gig at this point, which obviously needs to go up...

Thanks for the advice on the Apple RAID, I have set mine up the same ( but using 3-500gig Western Digital drives... just under 1.4 TB of usable space...

-s

[samsc]

How much RAM have you installed.
I have spent the last couple of days setting up my new Macpro, the challenge I am finding is that no one is stocking the RAM, I just have the base gig at this point, which obviously needs to go up...

Thanks for the advice on the Apple RAID, I have set mine up the same ( but using 3-500gig Western Digital drives... just under 1.4 TB of usable space...

-s

if you use big raids - create small partitions - much smaller than the disc- say 1/3 the size - then the access times for content will be faster.

[RedLightning]

if you use big raids - create small partitions - much smaller than the disc- say 1/3 the size - then the access times for content will be faster.

So I should build a couple of partions instead of 1 1.4tb RAID?
I thought the advantage of a striped RAID was the ability to have a large drive set without a bunch of partions?

Which block size 256K?

Thanks for all your help.

-s

[samsc]

So I should build a couple of partions instead of 1 1.4tb RAID?
I thought the advantage of a striped RAID was the ability to have a large drive set without a bunch of partions?

Which block size 256K?

Thanks for all your help.

-s

seek time. you lower the seek times if you have smaller partitions.

but this is just an idea.

generally for most people a single fast drive works better than any combination of slower raided drives.
unless doing uncompressed video type things - which you dont really need to do in almost all applications.

[RedLightning]

Makes sense.
Thanks

-s