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

for the MAU we need an ATTO UL4S (on pcix machine) yes ?
and for the raptor we can use the normal SATA connection, yes ?

so to compile this a bit :

a new dualcore g5 2.0 with a SCSI disk or 10000+ SATA disk will be able to do 6 layers of DV smoothly with cat 3.4 and osx.4 ?

i assume the 7800 grphx card doesnt help really in straightforward mixing, it's mostly for fx calculations on the gpu right ? what would be needed for 8 layers smooth DV mixing ?

thanks for all the info,

gideon

Quote Originally Posted by samsc
the single most important performance factor is the choice of hard disc system-

SCSI performs the best - and also with scsi there is a great deal of difference between individual drives, drive speeds, and drive capacities.
The fastest drives i tested are the Fujitsu MAU 3147 - 15rpm discs - which will give you 6 layers dv.

If you want to do this on the cheap - ditch anything to do with firewire 800 - and get a single 10000rpm 150gb raptor.