External faster than Internal?

[afavreau]

Hi,

I have a Mac Pro (2006) and an external SATA enclosure, but no SATA card. I use a Raid 0 volume for my sound library because I need speed and responsiveness. I'm into audio recording.

So I'm wondering, with a SATA card, would an external raid 0 system be better/faster than simply just putting my 2 stripped drives in the Mac Pro itself?

If an external SATA card is better, than which one would you recommend?

Thanks for your help

Andre

 

[Pressure]

It won't really matter with only two drives.

Hope you use some sort of backup solution though.

 

[Loa]

Hello,

Unless you get a SATA3 (6G) card in your Mac, and get a SATA3 compatible enclosure and SATA3 SSDs, the fastest and simplest way to go is inside your Mac.

Loa

 

[goMac]

Generally if your external and internal SATA is rated at the same speed, internal will always be faster. At the very least, you will be taking a speed hit just from the longer distance.

 

[afavreau]

My Mac Pro (2006) has PCI 1.0 so i'm not sure it can accept a 6G card, but anyway, I will go internal.

Thanks for your help

 

[philipma1957]

this is what i would buy


http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Intel-SSDSA...e_Internal&hash=item588d9a241e#ht_2405wt_1250


it is the new intel 160gb

305 price buy dot com is a real company. i grabbed a 300gb size from them for my 2010 mac pro it is good and fast and reliable!! mac pro is sata 2 so the sata 3 ssd's are not that important to use.

 

[Rustus Maximus]

My Mac Pro (2006) has PCI 1.0 so i'm not sure it can accept a 6G card, but anyway, I will go internal.

Well, it can accept them but it will obviously throttle the output to 1.0 speeds. I use one in my 2006 for external purposes. The reason I went with a 6G card was just trying to extend the life of the card for when I do upgrade. Also, don't forget that the 2006 has two extra sata ports on the motherboard which could be used in an external manner.

HERE is the card I am presently using and HERE is OWC's solution for utilizing the extra motherboard connectors in an external fashion.

 

[afavreau]

Oh really? 2 extra Sata ports on the motherboard?

So i can just hook up my 2 external Sata drives to them?
Can it go Raid 0 too?

 

[derbothaus]

On the 2010's one of the 2 extra ports is used by the superdrive. Any PATA connected superdrive Mac Pro will have the 2 available. Unless you don't need a DVD drive, then RAID any of them.