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From: Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:18:00 -0500
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Subject: Re: [AE] best server setup for small studio (10-15 macs / imacs / laptops)
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I just looked around and all my drives I thought were lacie are actually
G-tech. I just call them lacies, I guess the styling is similar? or I'm
getting old...

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Elliot Steele <elliot@ppdm.de> wrote:

>  LaCie has always been dreadful in my experience. Nearly every disk I had
> from them failed eventually.
>
> I recently went for a G-Technology 8TB Thunderbolt disk which seems prett=
y
> good (& pretty cheap!) so far.
> G-Technology hasn=92t let me down yet (touch wood!)
>
> Elliot
>
>
> Am 11/12/12 11:49 PM schrieb "Tim Sassoon" unter <tsassoon@aol.com>:
>
> For wireless connections, a FW800 RAID would probably suffice. For a GigE
> connection, go Thunderbolt for sure. But La Cie translates to "Be Careful=
".
> Some of their stuff is okay, but many of their boxes have horrible coolin=
g
> problems that cause premature death.
>
>
> On Nov 12, 2012, at 2:42 PM, Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> with all the mac mini talk I noticed a lot of people use them as servers.
> Would love to get input on what configs work - what would be the fastest =
/
> cheapest theoretical wireless setup for a server? or if going wired how
> important is the switch quality? If I went mac mini with a RAID would a
> lacie thunderbolt big drive raid be fast / stable enough?
>
>
>
>


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I just looked around and all my drives I thought were lacie are actually G-=
tech. I just call them lacies, I guess the styling is similar? or I&#39;m g=
etting old...<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 6:0=
6 PM, Elliot Steele <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:elliot@ppdm.de"=
 target=3D"_blank">elliot@ppdm.de</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



<div>
<font face=3D"Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:=
11pt">LaCie has always been dreadful in my experience. Nearly every disk I =
had from them failed eventually.<br>
<br>
I recently went for a G-Technology 8TB Thunderbolt disk which seems pretty =
good (&amp; pretty cheap!) so far.<br>
G-Technology hasn=92t let me down yet (touch wood!)<br>
<br>
Elliot<br>
<br>
<br>
Am 11/12/12 11:49 PM schrieb &quot;Tim Sassoon&quot; unter &lt;<a href=3D"h=
ttp://tsassoon@aol.com" target=3D"_blank">tsassoon@aol.com</a>&gt;:<br>
<br>
</span></font><div class=3D"im"><blockquote><font face=3D"Calibri, Verdana,=
 Helvetica, Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt">For wireless connections,=
 a FW800 RAID would probably suffice. For a GigE connection, go Thunderbolt=
 for sure. But La Cie translates to &quot;Be Careful&quot;. Some of their s=
tuff is okay, but many of their boxes have horrible cooling problems that c=
ause premature death.<br>


<br>
<br>
On Nov 12, 2012, at 2:42 PM, Teddy Gage &lt;<a href=3D"http://teddygage@gma=
il.com" target=3D"_blank">teddygage@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<br>
</span></font><blockquote><font face=3D"Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><span st=
yle=3D"font-size:12pt">with all the mac mini talk I noticed a lot of people=
 use them as servers. Would love to get input on what configs work - what w=
ould be the fastest / cheapest theoretical wireless setup for a server? or =
if going wired how important is the switch quality? If I went mac mini with=
 a RAID would a lacie thunderbolt big drive raid be fast / stable enough?<b=
r>


</span></font></blockquote><font face=3D"Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial=
"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt"><br>
<br>
</span></font></blockquote>
</div></div>


</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><span style=3D"color:rg=
b(0,0,0)">Animator &amp; Editor</span><br style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span =
style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href=3D"http://www.teddygage.com" target=3D"_=
blank">www.teddygage.com</a></span><br style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">

<span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">Brooklyn</span><br><br>

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