Subject: Re: [AE] OT: Apple RAID boot
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In to what machine? What SATA does it have?

Older machines will have slower buses than the ssds max=20


On Sep 15, 2013, at 5:58 PM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:

> I put in a 480GB OWC 3G SSD yesterday (which they claim to be the best the=
re is), and am only getting ~300 MB/s according to AJA System Test.  That's a=
bout triple my single SATA internal.
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> Just wondering, where did you get this 500 mb/s+ figure, Steve?  Is that b=
ytes or bits?
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> Do SSDs slow down when they get full, like HDs?  I've got 263 GB on the SS=
D.  Would that account for my paltry 300 MB/s?
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> I'm going to wait for 10.9.4 or so before I jump on that OS.  I've only re=
cently gone to 10.8.x.  The pioneers get the arrows; the settlers get the la=
nd.
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> On Sep 15, 2013, at 4:45 PM, Steve Oakley <steveo@practicali.com> wrote:
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>> for OS a 256gb is plenty. if you have SATA3gb connections and get a good S=
SD you'll be doing 500mb/sec +
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>> of and 10.9 is weeks away from shipping by most accounts, so you might wa=
nt to wait for that
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>> On Sep 15, 2013, at 2:44 PM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:
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>>> 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 h=
asn'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 use=
d 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 t=
o 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 controll=
ed 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, ad=
visable or foolhardy to create a boot disk from an Apple software managed in=
ternal 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 t=
he Media-Core folder to the Plug-ins folder in the Ae Application folder.  P=
r will launch faster without having to load plugs you never use in that appl=
ication.
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