Return-Path: Received: from p3plwbeout04-05.prod.phx3.secureserver.net ([72.167.218.226] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5211767 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 00:26:42 +0200 Received: from localhost ([72.167.218.244]) by p3plwbeout04-05.prod.phx3.secureserver.net with bizsmtp id Rafg1m0015GyNsw01afg77; Sun, 15 Sep 2013 15:39:41 -0700 X-SID: Rafg1m0015GyNsw01 Received: (qmail 17175 invoked by uid 99); 15 Sep 2013 22:39:40 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Originating-IP: 142.129.187.88 User-Agent: Workspace Webmail 5.6.42 Message-Id: <20130915153939.89259f98f291d771214680e8971719cb.f95c24387d.wbe@email04.secureserver.net> From: "Robert W. Walker" To: "After Effects Mail List" Subject: RE: [AE] OT: Apple RAID boot Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 15:39:39 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 =0A256 is fine for OS but a properly partitioned 480 is great for OS +=0Aca= che. I put one in a MacPro 3,1 that made a huge performance=0Adifference; = so I put another in a 12-core 5,1 that is thrillingly fast.=0A=0ARobert W. = Walker=0ALos Angeles=0A=0A> -------- Original Message --------=0A> Subject:= Re: [AE] OT: Apple RAID boot=0A> From: Steve Oakley =0A> Date: Sun, September 15, 2013 5:45 pm=0A> To: "After Effects Mail Lis= t" =0A> =0A> =0A> for OS a 256gb is plenty. if you= have SATA3gb connections and get a good SSD you'll be doing 500mb/sec +=0A= > =0A> of and 10.9 is weeks away from shipping by most accounts, so you mig= ht want to wait for that=0A> =0A> S=0A> On Sep 15, 2013, at 2:44 PM, Jim Cu= rtis wrote:=0A> =0A> > Easy for you to say to "buy a SSD.= " :)=0A> > =0A> > Actually, I just did that for my main Ae workstation y= esterday, and it hasn't seemed to speed up Ae. Excel sure opens fast, thou= gh.=0A> > =0A> > =0A> > My second MacPro, which is a backup and overflow wo= rkstation 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.=0A> > =0A> > But, that's o= nly if it's safe to run a boot disk off a software controlled RAID 0, which= was the point of my OP.=0A> > =0A> > =0A> > =0A> > =0A> > =0A> > On Sep 15= , 2013, at 2:23 PM, Dan Spiess wrote:=0A> > =0A>= >> I would buy a SSD drive instead. That should be faster than your raid.= =0A> >> =0A> >> Dan Spiess=0A> >> =0A> >> On Sep 15, 2013, at 3:10 PM, Jim = Curtis wrote:=0A> >> =0A> >>> I'm considering a reconfigu= re 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 b= ackups, and am aware of the perils of RAID 0.)=0A> >>> =0A> >>> =0A> >>> Ae= + Pr tip: Move the plug-ins you don't want to share with Pr from the Medi= a-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 applicati= on.=0A> >>> =0A> >>> =0A> >>> .=0A> >>> +---End of message---+=0A> >>> To u= nsubscribe send any message to =0A> >> =0A> >>= +---End of message---+=0A> >> To unsubscribe send any message to =0A> > =0A> > =0A> > +---End of message---+=0A> > To un= subscribe send any message to =0A> =0A> =0A> += ---End of message---+=0A> To unsubscribe send any message to