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Subject: Re: [AE] OT: Apple RAID boot
From: Steve Oakley <steveo@practicali.com>
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Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 16:45:28 -0500
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for OS a 256gb is plenty. if you have SATA3gb connections and get a good =
SSD you'll be doing 500mb/sec +

of and 10.9 is weeks away from shipping by most accounts, so you might =
want to wait for that

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On Sep 15, 2013, at 2:44 PM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:

> Easy for you to say to "buy a SSD."    :)
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> On Sep 15, 2013, at 2:23 PM, Dan Spiess <dspiess@lighthousetv.com> =
wrote:
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>> I would buy a SSD drive instead. That should be faster than your =
raid.
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>> Dan Spiess
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>> On Sep 15, 2013, at 3:10 PM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:
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>>> 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.)
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>>> 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.
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