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Fastest Mac Pro on Earth

DoFoT9 said:
this is the PCIe SSD you are after.

1.4GB/s each way.
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I'm aware of the Z-drive, they even have a 2TB version, but the price makes this drive uninteresting for most users.
There are even faster drives out there with 5GB/s transfer speeds and up to 6TB.

But the RevoDrive X2 are the only ones that are affordable by the majority of consumer Mac Pro users. I don't think that there are much users that can justify a drive that is worth more than the whole computer.
 
Transporteur said:
I'm aware of the Z-drive, they even have a 2TB version, but the price makes this drive uninteresting for most users.
There are even faster drives out there with 5GB/s transfer speeds and up to 6TB.

But the RevoDrive X2 are the only ones that are affordable by the majority of consumer Mac Pro users. I don't think that there are much users that can justify a drive that is worth more than the whole computer.
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i wasnt aware of the 5TB/s ones, thats well impressive :)

any links/specs to these? i know some people that would use them in their business environment ;)
 
Transporteur said:
I'm aware of the Z-drive, they even have a 2TB version, but the price makes this drive uninteresting for most users.
There are even faster drives out there with 5GB/s transfer speeds and up to 6TB.

But the RevoDrive X2 are the only ones that are affordable by the majority of consumer Mac Pro users. I don't think that there are much users that can justify a drive that is worth more than the whole computer.
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Does the revodrive x2 boot for mac osx? I went on ocz's site and the ocz card does not support osx.

http://www.ocztechnology.com/res/manuals/OCZ_RevoDrive_X2_Product_sheet_1.pdf
 
I m configuring a similar workstation
2.8 ghz quad core (2010)
8 or 16 gb ram ( still doubting)
120 vertex 2 ssd boot drive
120 vertex 2 ssd scratch disc ( Photoshop)

I basically work Photoshop and edit with capture One. I work with PS files up to 1 gb with layers.
For now I have only the 3 gb and it is not very fast.

I don't really how the Raid0 works? And what benefit it gives?
Can somebody explain?
How can I max my speed even more ?
Thanks!
 
It seems like stripping the SSDs would add performance. The Mac Pro baseline includes a Nehalem processor with Intel's QuickPath Interface. The standard SSDs can access as 223 MB/s while the QPI supports upto 20 GB/s. So, the processor at least has the throughput to get the data to/from the chip (this used to be the major bottleneck).

Does anyone else find it funny that Intel has finally switched over to an on-board memory controller after years of making fun of AMD for having one?
 
Olegphoto said:
I m configuring a similar workstation
2.8 ghz quad core (2010)
8 or 16 gb ram ( still doubting)
120 vertex 2 ssd boot drive
120 vertex 2 ssd scratch disc ( Photoshop)

I basically work Photoshop and edit with capture One. I work with PS files up to 1 gb with layers.
For now I have only the 3 gb and it is not very fast.

I don't really how the Raid0 works? And what benefit it gives?
Can somebody explain?
How can I max my speed even more ?
Thanks!
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Hello and thanks for posting ;)

You are the first one with a similar hardware.
I have the same MAC PRO but use the OCZ 60GB drives but at 10GB RAM
so our speed is mostly the same.

RAID0 simply multiplies your read/write speed.
Here is a complete but boring video on how to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U41beKVajao

using photoshop like you do might give some advantages with a having the second drive as your scratch disc (I am not sure)

I would say if you dont mind installing OSX a couple times - try it like you currently have it and test, then RAID0 your 2 SSD's and see if the performance is different.

Please post your speed results from www.xbench.com
 
Thanks 300 billon
I read that raid0 doesn't work on ssd, only on mechanical drives, is that right?
I will give you the speed Rate as soon as I get my ssd and ram.


Here is a complete but boring video on how to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U41beKVajao

using photoshop like you do might give some advantages with a having the second drive as your scratch disc (I am not sure)

I would say if you dont mind installing OSX a couple times - try it like you currently have it and test, then RAID0 your 2 SSD's and see if the performance is different.

Please post your speed results from www.xbench.com[/QUOTE]
 
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xper said:
I dream of the day when people stop judging a computers speed based on how fast it boots.....
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True. The only time either of mine reboot is to install the next point update! Uptime is measured in months, not hours.

Also, who needs more than 300MB/sec read or write?

99% of users don't need that, your very, very rarely reading and writing data at that kind of volume.

Even I personally don't transfer data at that kind of speeds and I regard myself as a high-end user compared to everyone I know.

SSD sequentials are NOT the be-all and end-all of performance computing for 99% of people.
 
Concorde Rules said:
SSD sequentials are NOT the be-all and end-all of performance computing for 99% of people.
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They certainly are not. Random speeds, however, are beneficial for all users. Unfortunately they don't scale as the sequential speeds do, which is why a single SSD for the OS is the sweet spot.
 
I wish my Mac Pro booted in 11 seconds… oh wait it doesn't really matter since I never shut down my computer. :rolleyes:
 
The fastest Mac Pro that I could imagine would be this:

• Dual 3.46GHz 6-core X5690 Processors (12-core)
• 64GB of OWC 1333MHz RAM
• Quad-OWC Mercury Pro Extreme RE RAID-0 bootable Array
• ATI Radeon 5870

That system there would be pretty much the fastest, highest performance rig possible for a Mac Pro, currently, that I can think of.

You can also build this system for under $10k, or even cheaper with less RAM if you don't need 64GB of RAM.
 
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