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Subject: Re: [AE] OT: Apple RAID boot
From: Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com>
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Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 17:12:58 -0500
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Early 2008 MacPro3,1.  I think it's a 3Gb/s SATA buss, but not entirely =
sure.


On Sep 15, 2013, at 5:10 PM, Rendernyc <rendernyc@gmail.com> wrote:

> In to what machine? What SATA does it have?
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> Older machines will have slower buses than the ssds max=20
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> On Sep 15, 2013, at 5:58 PM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:
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>> I put in a 480GB OWC 3G SSD yesterday (which they claim to be the =
best there is), and am only getting ~300 MB/s according to AJA System =
Test.  That's about triple my single SATA internal.
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>> Just wondering, where did you get this 500 mb/s+ figure, Steve?  Is =
that bytes or bits?
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>> Do SSDs slow down when they get full, like HDs?  I've got 263 GB on =
the SSD.  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 recently gone to 10.8.x.  The pioneers get the arrows; the settlers =
get the land.
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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 SSD 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 want 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 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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