Return-Path: Received: from imr-ma03.mx.aol.com ([64.12.206.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4736852 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:20:27 +0200 Received: from mtaout-da04.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaout-da04.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.51.132]) by imr-ma03.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id q56HMpO9023818 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2012 13:22:51 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.17] (pool-71-105-107-131.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net [71.105.107.131]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-da04.r1000.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id 70F4AE000114; Wed, 6 Jun 2012 13:22:50 -0400 (EDT) References: In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: <0C99950A-37DA-42EA-84CB-552AB61F88D2@aol.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9B206) From: Tsassoon Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] Alternatives to a Drobo Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 10:22:49 -0700 To: After Effects Mail List x-aol-global-disposition: G DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mx.aol.com; s=20110426; t=1339003371; bh=rTQGohE9rUfc2fuKtoIesUtCNAkxWDGIZO4LC8teCYU=; h=From:To:Subject:Message-Id:Date:Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=eaOEz/v5RAXleubmZbKNH7AfX2cDbUSW9Lhq7pOok7BVUhNvfwHVQNJpC+Zn6/S/y h0La1ULOSr5NOdoDu96kgGtnVZHB6BPEo/VkLkuDYayStTAHtVpBH5+QfDCZev3rqi A9x7XmvqcodKczN3CwmGBvjWSZWTHrVmk+JDn6QA= X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:425160096:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d33844fcf91ea2cdc X-AOL-IP: 71.105.107.131 Phooey. I had an eSATA Drobo and it was just as ridiculously slow as all the= others, with equally annoying software. It's basically like RAID 5 with an o= rder of magnitude more software overhead. It slows to a crawl as you approac= h the utilization ceiling, which seemed awfully close to 50%. Call it "RAID 5= 0", or even "RAID 500". Thunderbolt is unlikely to make any difference, sinc= e bus speed isn't the problem. But try it if you like, but keep the box and p= acking you can eBay it as "Like New!". Tim Sassoon SFD Santa Monica, CA Sent from my iPhone On Jun 6, 2012, at 5:48 AM, Benny Christensen wrot= e: > FYI - I just saw an article about a new Thunderbolt Drobo.