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Re: Xserve RAID?

> I am shopping for a new computer. I am considering Xserve as a desktop
> machine for video editing with Final Cut Pro since it comes with very
> impressive configuration. Would any one know whether it is possible to set
> up RAID on Xserve and what speed can I expect?
> Any other info about Xserve would be helpful.

See my article on the topic here:
http://lists.mac-mgrs.org:81/Lists/mac-mgrs/Message/12255.html
with an addendum here:
http://lists.mac-mgrs.org:81/Lists/mac-mgrs/Message/12264.html

and find Xserve benchmarks here:
http://www.xinet.com/benchmarks/benchmarks.2002/
http://www.xinet.com/

I'm about to post a second addendum stating that I found out from xinet that
they were using a 4-internal-ATA-disk striped RAID in their tests. A 4-disk
RAID gives you some excellent performance (the way Apple does ATA, anyway),
but it provides four points of failure. If any disk fails, you lose all your
data. Hopefully you can look forward to better RAID options soon, as
described in the links above. OTOH, if you can deal with the riskiness of a
striped RAID, that setup would be a KILLER video capture/edit machine.
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