Re: RAID 0 OR NOT? or iSCSI

"John L Rice" <Drummer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "jixelub" <dsmith10@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In re-reading all of these posts (which I greatly
> appreciate), it would seem to make sense to go ahead with
> RAID 0 configuration. It's only another $110 on a Dell
> XPS 400.
> So for $1059.00 I can get a Dell XPS 400 with:
>
> Pentium® 4 Processor 630 with HT Technology (3GHz, 800FSB)
>
> Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center
>
> 512MB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz - 2DIMMs
>
> 320GB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 160GB SATA HDDs)
>
> Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 48x CD-RW Drive
>
> 19 inch E193FP Analog Flat Panel

> Whatdaya think?

> I think you would be better off just having the two drive
> be individual, use one for operating system and temporary
> backup and use the other for audio/video files only. You
> really seem to be searching for justification of using
> RAID 0 but most of the posts I've read in this thread (
> including my own ) indicate that it's not really worth
> the effort.

Agreed. I've tried both ways and to make a long story short,
I have no RAID in operation at this time, or planned.

> I also suggest just get the fastest DVD burner and skip
> the CD-RW drive. Unless you are doing lots of one-off
> duplication from multiple sources it will probably sit
> idle.

Agreed - DVD burners are now credible CD burners, and DVD
media is way cheap enough to use for backup.

> In its place put a removable hard drive bay for
> making backups etc.

Hard drives aren't proper backup devices.

> Also get 1 GB of RAM instead of 512 MB while you are at
> it.

Whatever. While the jump from 256 to 512 is a big help with
XP, the next jump is not nearly as dramatic - if noticable
at all.

> I'd do some research on the Microsoft® Windows® XP Media
> Center, maybe just get WinXP SP2. I haven't researched
> it properly but my impression of Microsoft® Windows® XP
> Media Center is that it's got lots of bells and whistles
> geared towards home entertainment and not production
> work. I could be wrong though. If it doesn't cost any
> more it probably isn't a big deal but you may run into
> hassles trying to turning off some of the 'features' if
> need be.

XP Media center is basically just an attempt to turn a PC
into a VCR and TV set. It really has nothing to do with
audio production. WinXP home is a lot more to the point.

> In general I like what I've seen from Dell over the last
> several years so what ever you get it will probably work
> pretty well for you.

Their hardware is good, but watch their sales and marketing.
They like to load people up with stuff they don't really
need.


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