Subject: Re: [AE] OT: Apple RAID boot
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From: Rendernyc <rendernyc@gmail.com>
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Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 18:18:04 -0400
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Yup. That's the machine I have

So theoretical limit in that bus is under 400MB/sec

And there's the reason you'll be seeing lower speeds than the drive is capab=
le of.=20

On Sep 15, 2013, at 6:12 PM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:

> Early 2008 MacPro3,1.  I think it's a 3Gb/s SATA buss, but not entirely su=
re.
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> On Sep 15, 2013, at 5:10 PM, Rendernyc <rendernyc@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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 t=
here 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 S=
SD.  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 r=
ecently gone to 10.8.x.  The pioneers get the arrows; the settlers get the l=
and.
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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 goo=
d 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 w=
ant to wait for that
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>>>> S
>>>> 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 u=
sed that much, has two internal 500G drives for OS.  One is running 10.8.5 a=
nd 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 oppos=
ed 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 contro=
lled 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> wro=
te:
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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, a=
dvisable or foolhardy to create a boot disk from an Apple software managed i=
nternal 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 ap=
plication.
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