Quote Originally Posted by GideonKiers
I find it a bit hard to believe that there's no other solution to my harddrive speed problems then buying the xserve raid ...
How about the Fujitsu MAU3147NP (Ultra 320) and an Atto PCI UL5D pci-e card. Would that be sufficient (theoretically) to drive 4 layers of either DV-PAL or 768x576 photjpeg ?
you dont have to buy an expensive system - you just need to test your files on your system - and see what happens.

photojpeg performance is very different from dv performance.