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Subject: Re: [AE] OT: Apple RAID boot
From: patrick Siemer <siemer@gmail.com>
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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:07:44 -0700
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Whoops again,=20
here is a link to the final renders folder.=20
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zb2s1lwrskae82l/mhezgQIasH
more coming...!

:-)

Patrick

On Sep 15, 2013, at 3:39 PM, Robert W. Walker wrote:

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> 256 is fine for OS but a properly partitioned 480 is great for OS +
> cache.  I put one in a MacPro 3,1 that made a huge performance
> difference; so I put another in a 12-core 5,1 that is thrillingly =
fast.
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> Robert W. Walker
> Los Angeles
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>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [AE] OT: Apple RAID boot
>> From: Steve Oakley <steveo@practicali.com>
>> Date: Sun, September 15, 2013 5:45 pm
>> To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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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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>> 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.
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> 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.)
>>>>>=20
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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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