Return-Path: Received: from nk11p00mm-asmtp005.mac.com ([17.158.161.4] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5211695 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 15 Sep 2013 22:34:58 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.68] (99-152-153-100.lightspeed.dllstx.sbcglobal.net [99.152.153.100]) by nk11p00mm-asmtp005.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.08(7.0.4.27.7) 64bit (built Aug 22 2013)) with ESMTPSA id <0MT600J1MPRVK640@nk11p00mm-asmtp005.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 15 Sep 2013 20:47:56 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.10.8794,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2013-09-15_02:2013-09-13,2013-09-15,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=8 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1308280000 definitions=main-1309150148 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Subject: Re: [AE] OT: Apple RAID boot From: Jim Curtis In-reply-to: Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 15:47:54 -0500 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: <2957D86E-5987-4BF1-AC28-B8C4E0C163CB@me.com> References: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) I did some Googling, and several bloggers are saying that it's possible = with Lion, so I'm going to presume it'll work with Mountain Lion as = well. =20 I picked up a tip about partitioning. If you want to partition your = software RAID, you have to partition the single drives first, then RAID = stripe the partitions, not the other way around. I've been a firm believer in backups since my "massive" 1985 = twelve-hundred dollar 20 MB hard drive crashed on me, and it took me = over 8 hours to restore the replacement from 34 floppies. On Sep 15, 2013, at 3:37 PM, Dan Spiess = wrote: > I understand free. I would think your ae workstation would go faster = IF you are using the SSD for your cache. But hey, I could be wrong. I'm = pretty sure you can use a raid 0 to boot from. Just be sure to back up = often. >=20 > Dan >=20 > On Sep 15, 2013, at 3:44 PM, Jim Curtis wrote: >=20 >> Easy for you to say to "buy a SSD." :) >>=20 >> Actually, I just did that for my main Ae workstation yesterday, and = it hasn't seemed to speed up Ae. Excel sure opens fast, though. >>=20 >>=20 >> My second MacPro, which is a backup and overflow workstation and not = used that much, has two internal 500G drives for OS. One is running = 10.8.5 and the other 10.6.5. I'm thinking it's safe to abandon 10.6 = now, and commit to 10.8 on a RAID. I expect it would speed things up = for no cost, as opposed to $440 for a 480G SSD. >>=20 >> But, that's only if it's safe to run a boot disk off a software = controlled RAID 0, which was the point of my OP. >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> On Sep 15, 2013, at 2:23 PM, Dan Spiess = wrote: >>=20 >>> I would buy a SSD drive instead. That should be faster than your = raid. >>>=20 >>> Dan Spiess >>>=20 >>> On Sep 15, 2013, at 3:10 PM, Jim Curtis wrote: >>>=20 >>>> I'm considering a reconfigure of my second MacPro. Is it possible, = advisable or foolhardy to create a boot disk from an Apple software = managed internal RAID 0? (I do regular backups, and am aware of the = perils of RAID 0.) >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> Ae + Pr tip: Move the plug-ins you don't want to share with Pr = from the Media-Core folder to the Plug-ins folder in the Ae Application = folder. Pr will launch faster without having to load plugs you never = use in that application. >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> . >>>> +---End of message---+ >>>> To unsubscribe send any message to >>>=20 >>> +---End of message---+ >>> To unsubscribe send any message to >>=20 >>=20 >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to