Re: [Avid-L2] Adding RTR320X chassis's to XW8400 and alternative storage

BTW, In case you are using single channel mode (1 SCSI Channel for 10
driver), you can have 2 Videoraid RTR on one system

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 4:18 AM, Nigel Gourley <
avid-l@outpostfacilities.co.uk> wrote:

>
>
> Ah Ok… I'll take a look at the guide
>
>
> N
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> From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of
> Dom Q. Silverio
> Sent: 23 November 2009 01:38
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> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Adding RTR320X chassis's to XW8400 and alternative
> storage
>
> Not sure, I think it is the limitation of the built in controller. I
> never actually tried. It is just mentioned in the User Guide.
>
> Nigel Gourley wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Is there a reason for only one chassis per channel? I wanted to have 2!
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > N
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Dom Q. Silverio
> > Sent: 22 November 2009 20:01
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> > Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Adding RTR320X chassis's to XW8400 and alternative
> > storage
> >
> > If you have the 10 drive model, that is actually 2 arrays in one case.
> > Each array consist of 5 drives (in RAID 5 in protected mode).
> >
> > You can only have one chassis per channel.
> >
> >
> > Nigel Gourley wrote:
> >
> >> The RTR's we have have 10 drives in already so can we have 4 chassis's?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> N
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> Behalf
> >>
> > Of
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> >> Dom Q. Silverio
> >> Sent: 22 November 2009 19:16
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> >> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Adding RTR320X chassis's to XW8400 and
> alternative
> >> storage
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Yes you can have up to 2 chassis (4 groups of 5 drives) per system.
> >>
> >> Nigel Gourley wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi there,,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Is there a reason we couldn't add 2 sets of drives to one machine. I
> >>>
> > think
> >
> >>> it would be fine but I might be wrong..
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> So I mean 4 rack mount arrays striped together as one space, with 2
> >>>
> >>>
> >> chassis
> >>
> >>
> >>> on each scsi chain. We have 4 chassis which would be 10TB in total. I
> >>> imagine we need short as poss cables.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Also What are alternative storage solutions for XW8400 with Nitris
> >>>
> >>>
> >> symphony?
> >>
> >>
> >>> Sata card and sata drives? Any recommendations?, If we wanted to have
> >>>
> >>>
> >> remote
> >>
> >>
> >>> drives on fibre? Bearing in mind we have fibre connection to unity
> >>>
> >>>
> >> already.
> >>
> >>
> >>> Can we have dual port fibre card for this? We want to do uncompressed
> HD
>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> N
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