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Subject: raid - any point?
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Original Message 1/24 28-Nov-02 @ 10:58 PM - raid - any point?
shall i bother? any point?
Message 2/24 29-Nov-02 @ 12:43 AM - RE: raid - any point?
backup.
for speed, not really unless you're trying to mix
a major motion picture (which from what I've
heard ain't happening in Logic ) ATA133
drives are plenty enuff for what we do around
here.
psy
Message 4/24 29-Nov-02 @ 12:56 AM - RE: raid - any point?
Message 6/24 29-Nov-02 @ 09:00 AM - RE: raid - any point?
psy
Message 7/24 29-Nov-02 @ 09:58 AM - RE: raid - any point?
Ok, in a band/rock studio recording real drums etc you might use 24 or 32 tracks... but 48?... or 64? jesus man... i seriously never understand that, and understand it even less with hard disk techniques..
I mean, 48 tracks would be some epic album like from Queen or Trevor Horn mega-production or something from the old days... I just cannot see how anyone can use that many tracks, especialy for dance music where mostly it's midi based... Ok, some of my mates who do alot of RnB tunes or commercial pop/rnb crossover use up to 24 tracks for guitars, vocals, BV's etc but that's about it, and a good cheap athlon will do that no worries.
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I had an idea for a script once. It's basically Jaws except when the guys in the boat are going after Jaws, they look around and there's an even bigger Jaws. The guys have to team up with Jaws to get Bigger Jaws.... I call it... Big Jaws!!!
Message 8/24 29-Nov-02 @ 10:19 AM - RE: raid - any point?
ok how about saving me another 20?
pc2100 or pc2700 ddr?
Message 9/24 29-Nov-02 @ 12:56 PM Edit: 29-Nov-02 | 12:59 PM - RE: raid - any point?
However, I do not know the architecture of the a7v333, so have a look at the diagrams and check if the RAID controller has an individual connection to the main CPU bus, this is usually the South Bridge controller, that is separate from the primary IDE controller. If so, then £20 will get you a lot more power. If not, the RAID and IDE bus will most likely share the same connection and will not really boost your performance that much.
Regards.
Steve.
Message 10/24 29-Nov-02 @ 01:39 PM - RE: raid - any point?
Bedwyr - if your going for a 333FSB atlhon then definitely go for the PC2700. Also bear in mind if you upgrade in the future your PC2700 will be more sutiable to keep hold of.
On the subject of IDE rAID Steve Roughley's spot on. One thing to note if you do use IDE RAID in a RAID situation with two drives and one mirrored then in the event of some corrupt data being sent almost all IDE RAID controllers will send the same corrupt data to your 1 st hard drive and then to the 2nd supposedly backup drive as well! giving you no benefit!
If your going raid then go SCSI everytime. But thats a serious outlay and I think you just lost that £20 and probably another £1000 as well!!!
Cheers
stvy
Message 11/24 29-Nov-02 @ 03:24 PM - RE: raid - any point?
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I had an idea for a script once. It's basically Jaws except when the guys in the boat are going after Jaws, they look around and there's an even bigger Jaws. The guys have to team up with Jaws to get Bigger Jaws.... I call it... Big Jaws!!!
Message 12/24 29-Nov-02 @ 10:51 PM Edit: 29-Nov-02 | 10:55 PM - RE: raid - any point?
... damn i just been reading the spec and it seems that the a7v333 has a 266/200 FSB and has only been tested with pc2700 sticks up to 256mb from a handfull of manufacturers. i'm gonna look for another board. am i?
oh, i don't get it. it's on the amd recommended mobo list for the xp 2700+ 333 FSB.
aaaarrrghhh!
Message 13/24 30-Nov-02 @ 01:31 AM Edit: 30-Nov-02 | 01:44 AM - RE: raid - any point?
Oh, and another tip, try to steer clear of Via if possible. It's no real biggy, but if you can get an AMD North Bridge chipset, they are at the higher end of chipset design and there have been less problems with them. They perform as well as the Intel-I chipsets, and aren't developed on work-arounds like the Via's. (Via have had a lot of problems with their chipsets and instead of fixing the problems, their general approach seems to be to develop a quick fix to the problem. I don't trust them).
Regards.
Steve.
Message 14/24 30-Nov-02 @ 11:54 AM - RE: raid - any point?
Message 15/24 02-Dec-02 @ 01:06 PM - RE: raid - any point?
Message 16/24 02-Dec-02 @ 01:13 PM - RE: raid - any point?
Message 17/24 02-Dec-02 @ 06:19 PM - RE: raid - any point?
-Craig
Message 18/24 03-Dec-02 @ 06:34 AM - RE: raid - any point?
I've said this before. You already got my mobo recommendation (ECS K7S5A), with 1600 Athlon for $100. you could spend twice as much on a motherboard if you want, but I'd take the proven reliability of my mobo over a 2% increase in memory performance. Besides, a united north and south bridge in one SiS 735 ic means the fastest booter on the market. It's been AROUND. A LONG time for a MB design. But BIOS updates keep it fresh.
I know you probably already ordered your shit, but for those who haven't...
psy
Message 19/24 03-Dec-02 @ 09:26 AM Edit: 03-Dec-02 | 09:30 AM - RE: raid - any point?
i got 'til monday to make my mind up.
Message 20/24 03-Dec-02 @ 09:39 AM - RE: raid - any point?
:}
psy
Message 22/24 11-Dec-02 @ 04:15 PM - RE: raid - any point?
Raid0 or Raid1 or something from memory.
But yeah, prolly not worth the money.
Message 23/24 28-Dec-02 @ 06:11 PM - RE: raid - any point?
RAID 1 mirrors your data accross to an identical setup so again, in theory, you have a complete back up of data so if lot falls over it switches seemlessly to the other, tho it doesn't always work this way. SCSI yes, IDE no basically
It's fun to play with for five minutes, benchmarking etc. then when you have to use it and it trips up a few times you get really f0rked off at it and give up. Best left to real computers like wot Sun make
Message 24/24 28-Dec-02 @ 06:15 PM - RE: raid - any point?
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