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  • 750GB hard drive ok for samples?

    B
    B
    I've heard somewhere that it is not a good idea to go too big with sample drives - although my mac has only 1 spare slot!
  • P
    P

    Two years ago the same question would have applied to the biggest harddrives availible back then. Today we don't even think of using those models anymore or still use them without thinking a lot about it. The only concern one could have is that one drive may give less performance than e.g. two RAIDed or so, but with only 1 slot left there is not much to consider... so my vote is, go for it if you think it's worth it.

    All the best,

    PolarBear 
  • J
    J

    If I only had only one drive slot remaining I'd do this (if maximizing VSL instrument count is of the highest importance):

    1. Purchase & install a PCI card based upon one of the following protocols:

       eSATA, UltraSCSI, SAS SCSI or Fibre Channel

    2. Get an external hard drive enclosure that can handle 2 or more drives.

    3. Install the appropriate hard drives that match the protocol of the PCI card you purchased. Make sure they are the highest rotational speed you can afford. (10Krpm & 15K rpm drives are available.)

    4. Software RAID these drives in RAID 0 format.

    5. Optional: Back up these drives on a lesser expensive  (perhaps FW drive) in case of failure. This will probably guarantee that you won't need it in the future. Taking the opposite action could well ensure that you should have created a backup in the first place.

    In fact, I would recommend this for all VSL users who plan to take advantage of the higher demands of the ability to use more RAM via Vienna Ensemble. Higher transport protocol speed & disk rotational speed will go a long ways towards allowing higher instrument counts.

    NOTE: If you have SE and only use a few instruments you wouldn't need to go to all these lengths. Simply putting a the appropriate drive in that single slot would probably be just fine.

    Best wishes,

    Jack