storage solution for uncompressed on my old g4 867

[phairway]

Hey,
I am thinking about going to uncompressed SD and looking to buy the Kona SD card and need some help on figuring out what storage solution is going to work with my system but also be affordable. I am currently using a G4 867mhz looking to run panther 10.3 with FCP 4. I've read that with the newer g4 models you can add up to 4 ATA drives and that by striping these with the raid software included with OSX you could get high enough data rates to get realtime edit and preview in Standard Definition. Considering my G4 is a bit older, it only has 1 ATA controller included, would striping just 2 ATA-133 7200rpm drives produce high enough data rates for SD editing and preview? Or would I have to buy an exta ATA controller and stripe 4 ATA drives? Would this even work on my system? Or is there another storage solution for my G4 that will work with the Kona SD card? Lacie offers a FW800 pci card. Would a FW800 harddrive alone be able to sustain high enough rates? Any help would be appreciated or links to products and answers. Thanks

Thien
phairway@hotmail.com

[David]

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Or would I have to buy an exta ATA controller and stripe 4 ATA drives?

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This could work for standard definition uncompressed, but SCSI is the way to go.

It also depends on which SD i/o card you're buying.

Talk with the card manufacturer, and see what they recommend.

[phairway]

thanks david...If i were to go the scsi route which drives would you recommend? Would a Ultra SCSI 160 7200rpm drive be sufficient? I've only been able to find Ultra SCSI 160 drives in 73 and 182 gig sizes, the later is a bit out of my price range. I am looking at the seagate cheetah 73gig 10000rpm drive($180 at pricewatch.com). To raid 4 of these drives, could i daisy chain them with 1 scsi controller or do I need two controllers like with the ATA drives? Is there any performance difference is terms of data rate when I raid 2 vs. 4 hard drives, or am i only gaining more storage space? Sorry for all the questions, but i'm a rookie to uncompressed and raiding or striping drives. thanks

[David]

One of the best resources would be barefeats.com.

Also, call promax.com and discuss your situation.

They might have a recommendation.

Go to the LAFCPUG site, and look at their papers on uncompressed systems. Also check kenstone.net for further information.

Alot of it is explained there; you just have to find it, and it makes for some good reading.

I know someone cobbled together a system RAID two ATA133 drives to an ATA133 controller, and ran uncompressed, but I can't recall which card.

Not all support it.

Good luck.