Return-Path: Received: from asmtpout023.mac.com ([17.148.16.98] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4562381 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:11:09 +0100 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Received: from [192.168.1.77] ([99.152.153.185]) by asmtp023.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-23.01 (7.0.4.23.0) 64bit (built Aug 10 2011)) with ESMTPA id <0LW5002DWSCCTU00@asmtp023.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:17:01 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.5.7110,1.0.211,0.0.0000 definitions=2011-12-13_03:2011-12-13,2011-12-13,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=2 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1012030000 definitions=main-1112130214 Subject: Re: [AE] RAID vs non-RAID From: Jim Curtis In-reply-to: Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:17:00 -0600 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: References: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Last weekend, one of my 8 Seagate Constellation SAS drives failed in my = RAID 5. Although, after the rebuild with my spare drive (which took = about 40 hours), all my data was "there," some of it was corrupted. = Quite a few video media files on one active project had strange colored = squares every few frames. Because I'm a backup fanatic, I had already overwritten a good backup = with bad data before I discovered the corruption. The only thing that = saved me from totally losing face with a client was that the camera guy = still had the footage on his portable drive, which I was able to borrow = and re-copy. That was a close one. Seagate has my failed drive now. It's under warranty and I'll get a = replacement, but reading that your replacement drive failed on you isn't = very encouraging, Chris. Seagate warranty replacement drives are = usually refurbs. On Dec 13, 2011, at 1:57 PM, Chris Meyer wrote: > On Dec 13, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Chris Bator wrote: >=20 >> Seagate 750GB drive failures?=85. >=20 > Had one fail; got a replacement from Seagate and put it in a different = computer (so it's not hardware-specific), and that one failed within a = week. >=20 > Not happy. >=20 > But thankful I had automatic TimeMachine backups. >=20 > - Chris >=20 >=20 >>=20 >> On Dec 13, 2011, at 11:42 AM, Chris Meyer wrote: >>=20 >>> On Dec 13, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Dann Stubbs wrote: >>>=20 >>>> just don't rely ONLY on the RAID to save you=85 >>>=20 >>> Agreed. I had one drive fail in our LaCie NAS RAID, replaced the = faulty drive as per their directions, and it promptly corrupted the = other drive - so I was hosed. >>>=20 >>> OTOH, TimeMachine backups have saved my bacon multiple times just = this past month, including during a rash of Seagate 750 GB drive = failures. >>>=20 >>> - Chris >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> +---End of message---+ >>> To unsubscribe send any message to >>=20 >=20