Re: [Avid-L2] 2 way vs. 3 way stripe internal raid on MacPro?

In *general*, there's nothing special about an even # versus an odd # of
striped drives; 3 is fine.

On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 11:42 PM, John Moore <bigfish@pacbell.net> wrote:

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> We've been running a two drive internal stripe on a MacPro OS 10.5
> something SNDX 4.0.5 and doing pretty well with DNX 220,220X. I do get
> occasional stalls and dropped frames on output and sometimes it's very
> problematic punching in fixes but it is livable. I'm thinking of try a 3
> way stripe in the future. In theory that should have better throughput,
> right? Just curious if there is anything about an odd number of drives in
> a stripe that could be problematic. I know RAM needs to be in matched
> pairs but I wouldn't think that has anything to do with a striped set of
> drive. Of course adding a 3rd drive would increase the potential for
> failure but that's not a deal breaker. Curious what more storage savvy
> folks think. Maxing out the MacPro with a system and 3 storage drives will
> increase the tub heat but is that any cause for concern?
>
> John Moore
>
> Barking Trout Productions
>
> Studio City, CA
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> bigfish@pacbell.net
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