Return-Path: Received: from host6.canaca.com ([66.49.160.142] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4898047 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:17:05 +0100 Received: from 207-195-100-23.regn.static.sasknet.sk.ca ([207.195.100.23]:64270 helo=[192.168.1.25]) by host6.canaca.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1TYM1w-00056q-54 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:20:16 -0500 Subject: Re: [AE] best server setup for small studio (10-15 macs / imacs / laptops) References: From: Jack Tunnicliffe Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-F810300F-F377-4E7B-A203-BAF56EE67240 X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (10A525) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:18:21 -0600 To: After Effects Mail List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - host6.canaca.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - javapost.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: host6.canaca.com: authenticated_id: jack+javapost.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: --Apple-Mail-F810300F-F377-4E7B-A203-BAF56EE67240 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yup! I agree, Carey. I love living on a big San now with redundancy, global s= pares that automatically rebuild when there's a drive failure. We did find that Lacies, especially power supplies, did fail more than G Dri= ves, but we've had G Drives fail, too.=20 So if it spins, it will eventually die. Buy an LTO for overnight back-ups an= d you'll sleep better. :) Jack Tunnicliffe Javapost Production Sent from my iPhone On 2012-11-13, at 12:53 PM, Carey Dissmore wrote: > Nearly every disk I've ever had from any source fails eventually. >=20 > ...just sayin... >=20 > carey >=20 > On Nov 12, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Elliot Steele wrote: >=20 >> LaCie has always been dreadful in my experience. Nearly every disk I had f= rom them failed eventually. >=20 --Apple-Mail-F810300F-F377-4E7B-A203-BAF56EE67240 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Yup! I agree, Carey. I love living on a= big San now with redundancy, global spares that automatically rebuild when t= here's a drive failure.

We did find that Lacies, es= pecially power supplies, did fail more than G Drives, but we've had G Drives= fail, too. 

So if it spins, it will eventuall= y die. Buy an LTO for overnight back-ups and you'll sleep better. :)

=
Jack Tunnicliffe
Javapost Production

Sent= from my iPhone

On 2012-11-13, at 12:53 PM, Carey Dissmore <= ;carey@imugonline.com> wrote:=

Nearly every disk I've ever ha= d from any source fails eventually.

...just sayin...

carey

On Nov 12, 2012, at 5:06 P= M, Elliot Steele <elliot@ppdm.de>= ; wrote:

LaCie has always been dread= ful in my experience. Nearly every disk I had from them failed eventually.

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