Have you decided your drive should run at its full speed, not just 33 or 66 but the full 100 or 133 'interface speed' of drives of the last few years?
Particularly for making 'large' compositions of graphics, music or video, I would imagine there would be a good speed boost in many heavy duty media production tools, from photo to music and video editing. Have you investigated and then upgraded to a faster ATA or SCSI card than the basic on in your machine? I'm asking because I'm weighing up on of the high-density new drives that take 60Gb per platter, with an ATA-133 interface. How does a 200Gb, single ATA133 HD with ATA 133 controller card perform, compared to a couple of smaller capacity drives in a RAID setup? I'm thinking of a fast, single drive+card with this setup. If I add another drive onto the controller for backups (not a RAID mirror, backup daily w. Retrospect) would this be (not much) slower AND be about half the total price of a setup with an expensive Hardware RAID card? With RAID 133 cards around $175US+ v ATA133 non-RAID @ $75US, I'm hoping to spend the $ saved on bigger drives! Any comments, stories, prices & good supplier links appreciated! For use in (of course) G3 B&W/G4 boxes. Ben in Sydney, Oz. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
