Fastest workstation storage

Hello,
I am looking for fastest raid 0 storage solution for a workstation. Is
Adaptec 39320 controler + 6 Fujitsu mas 36gb 15000 rpm drives u 320 the
fastest i could get or is there something else, faster? Thanks

Hello,
I am looking for fastest raid 0 storage solution for a workstation. Is
Adaptec 39320 controler + 6 Fujitsu mas 36gb 15000 rpm drives u 320 the
fastest i could get or is there something else, faster? Thanks

Fast is a generic term. Be more specific. Fast RAID for a
database, web server or a streaming application requires a
different selection criteria.

Fast is a generic term. Be more specific. Fast RAID for a
database, web server or a streaming application requires a
different selection criteria.

This workstation is used for various 35mm film and hdtv video production
effects.

..::SuperBLUE::. wrote:

This workstation is used for various 35mm film and hdtv video production
effects.

So you need fast reads and writes on large files, but not extremely fast
access. For this application, the high (15k) rpm drives you mentioned
won't provide much additional benefit to offset their high cost.

U comp.periphs.scsi .::SuperBLUE::. prica:

This workstation is used for various 35mm film and hdtv video production
effects.

Now we're talking...

I believe you'll need some kind of redundancy (don't forget backups too)...
RAID10 would be my option here... Speed of RAID0 + redundancy of RAID1...
I'd go with hardware based RAID controller... Check ICP Vortex and LSI
Logic... Don't know about Adaptec's, some models aren't very good
performers...

http://www.icp-vortex.com/english/product/prodrdy_e.htm

http://www.lsilogic.com/products/megaraid/index.html


BTW, there could be some problems with software RAID (hence, hardware RAID
too!)... Like some strange drops in read/write speed if stripe size is not
set properly... Don't ask me how to set it properly, try every stripe size,
and see how it performs (using HDTach or some other benchmark utility)...
Just to let you know about that...


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Damir Lukic,
a member of hr.comp.hardver FAQ-team

Fast is a generic term. Be more specific. Fast RAID for a
database, web server or a streaming application requires a
different selection criteria.

This workstation is used for various 35mm film and hdtv video production
effects.

Do you have or already decided what video production hardware
(like capture cards) you are going to have?

Same for the workstation. Do you have it already and now looking
for a fast storage system, or still trying to decide which workstation
to get?

"Peter" wrote in message
Hello,
I am looking for fastest raid 0 storage solution for a workstation. Is
Adaptec 39320 controler + 6 Fujitsu mas 36gb 15000 rpm drives u 320 the
fastest i could get or is there something else, faster? Thanks

Fast is a generic term. Be more specific.

Fast RAID for a database, web server or a streaming application
requires a different selection criteria.

Oh? How so?

U comp.periphs.scsi .::SuperBLUE::. prica:
I am looking for fastest raid 0 storage solution for a workstation. Is
Adaptec 39320 controler + 6 Fujitsu mas 36gb 15000 rpm drives u 320 the
fastest i could get or is there something else, faster? Thanks

39320 is not a RAID controller... You could possibly use software RAID0
solution, but I don't recommend it... Here is a list of Adaptec's RAID
controllers:

http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/sup...e=supportindex

Also check LSI and ICP Vortex...


Second... What kind of speed you need? Fast read, write, seek?


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Damir Lukic,
a member of hr.comp.hardver FAQ-team

Don't be stupid. Hardware RAID is of no benefit on the desktop, especially
from Adaptec.

If you do not have PCI-X, the fastest (STR) available is RAID 0 on Intel's
i9XX and nForce4 SATA2.

If you want a fast workstation, get a 15K SCSI OS drive, and IDE for data.

wrote in message
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39320 is not a RAID controller... You could possibly use software RAID0
solution, but I don't recommend it... Here is a list of Adaptec's RAID
controllers:


http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/sup...=no&language=E
nglish+US&cat=%2FTechnology%2FRAID&fromPage=suppor tindex

"Eric Gisin" wrote in message
Don't be stupid. Hardware RAID is of no benefit on the desktop, especially
from Adaptec.

If you do not have PCI-X, the fastest (STR) available is RAID 0 on Intel's
i9XX and nForce4 SATA2.

If you want a fast workstation, get a 15K SCSI OS drive, and IDE for data.

And you said "Don't be stupid"?


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39320 is not a RAID controller... You could possibly use software RAID0
solution, but I don't recommend it... Here is a list of Adaptec's RAID
controllers:


http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/sup...=no&language=E
nglish+US&cat=%2FTechnology%2FRAID&fromPage=suppor tindex