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120GB SSD - Boot/Apps
640GB WD Black - 70GB Scratch/570GB Working files/Home
2TB WD Green - Finished work/iTunes
2TB WD Green external - TM/CCC
Lots of other externals for finished work backups
Gonna set up a RAID0 volume to replace the 640GB WD Black soon.
640GB WD Black - 70GB Scratch/570GB Working files/Home
2TB WD Green - Finished work/iTunes
2TB WD Green external - TM/CCC
Lots of other externals for finished work backups
Gonna set up a RAID0 volume to replace the 640GB WD Black soon.
Bay 1-4: 4xWD 2TB RE4 in RAID 5 with Apple RAID card (for everything)
Lower Optical drive: WD 2 TB green (for Aperture back-up)
Lower Optical drive: WD 2 TB green (for Aperture back-up)
Just bought a 3.3 6 Core
Internal
Bays 1-4 12TB of Hitachi 3TB Deckstar in Raid0 for Data.
Optical Bays - 2x OWC 100GB Mercury Pro RE in Raid0 as Boot/App/Scratch/Working
External
G-Tech G-Raid 4TB eSata Time Machine for system, email and music
FW800 Sata Dock autosaving files with Hazel for backup of Work Projects to bare, uncased 1tb Sata Drives (so cheap!). They're labelled and filed away when full.
Internal
Bays 1-4 12TB of Hitachi 3TB Deckstar in Raid0 for Data.
Optical Bays - 2x OWC 100GB Mercury Pro RE in Raid0 as Boot/App/Scratch/Working
External
G-Tech G-Raid 4TB eSata Time Machine for system, email and music
FW800 Sata Dock autosaving files with Hazel for backup of Work Projects to bare, uncased 1tb Sata Drives (so cheap!). They're labelled and filed away when full.
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Internal:
Bay 1 - 1TB Boot Drive
Bay 2 - 320GB Dedicated FCP and Motion scratch disk
Bay3, Bay4 - 2TB Mirrored RAID for Data Archiving
External:
1TB WD Time Machine from Boot Drive
1TB WD Temporary Workspace Drive
640GB WD iTunes
2TB Backup for Archiving RAID.
Bay 1 - 1TB Boot Drive
Bay 2 - 320GB Dedicated FCP and Motion scratch disk
Bay3, Bay4 - 2TB Mirrored RAID for Data Archiving
External:
1TB WD Time Machine from Boot Drive
1TB WD Temporary Workspace Drive
640GB WD iTunes
2TB Backup for Archiving RAID.
Bay 1 + 2: 2x 640 GB Western Digital Caviar Blue in Raid 0
Bay 3: Samsung Spinpoint 1 TB
Bay 4: Boot disk: OWC SSD 240 GB
Bay 3: Samsung Spinpoint 1 TB
Bay 4: Boot disk: OWC SSD 240 GB
My typical setup is:
Bay 1: WD Caviar Black 640GB (boot and apps)
Bay 2: WD Caviar Black 1TB (data storage)
Bays 3 and 4: Two Seagate 7200.11 1TB in RAID-0 (video/photo scratch and renders)
But I also swap drives around frequently depending on my current project.
Bay 1: WD Caviar Black 640GB (boot and apps)
Bay 2: WD Caviar Black 1TB (data storage)
Bays 3 and 4: Two Seagate 7200.11 1TB in RAID-0 (video/photo scratch and renders)
But I also swap drives around frequently depending on my current project.
bay 1: 1tb samsung f3
osx system (+some (duplicate of documents) backup files)
bay 2 1.5tb samsung f2 (ecogreen)
working/user files (documents/music/videos/downloads etc)
bay 3: wd 640gb
windows 7 drive
externals:
1tb working files (to shuttle to my macbook pro)
320gb movies to play on the big screen upstairs (via bluray player, which reads usb drives and ntfs)
thinking I need to set up some large disk external backups soon, just haven't gotten to buying it yet...
osx system (+some (duplicate of documents) backup files)
bay 2 1.5tb samsung f2 (ecogreen)
working/user files (documents/music/videos/downloads etc)
bay 3: wd 640gb
windows 7 drive
externals:
1tb working files (to shuttle to my macbook pro)
320gb movies to play on the big screen upstairs (via bluray player, which reads usb drives and ntfs)
thinking I need to set up some large disk external backups soon, just haven't gotten to buying it yet...
1TB 5200RPM WD Scorpio Blue (MBP Internal)
2TB (7200RPM?) Dual band Time Capsule
1TB LaCie Rugged USB 3.0 Bus Powered HDD for backups
pretty simple setup really, 350GB music on my notebook HD, TV Shows, Movies, Journals, Applications/System Software on my Time Capsule (via Ethernet) and use the portable USB 3.0 HD for backups (shock resistant up to 2 meters i think)
2TB (7200RPM?) Dual band Time Capsule
1TB LaCie Rugged USB 3.0 Bus Powered HDD for backups
pretty simple setup really, 350GB music on my notebook HD, TV Shows, Movies, Journals, Applications/System Software on my Time Capsule (via Ethernet) and use the portable USB 3.0 HD for backups (shock resistant up to 2 meters i think)
I'm using one for my Time Machine drive, it's dead silent, decently quick and hasn't made me think about it until you mentioned it. Good drive.
Bay 1 150gb Velociraptor- OSX/XP & Apps
Bay 2 1TB Caviar Black- In Process Video and itunes/photo
Bay 3 1TB Caviar Green- Finished storage
Bay 4 2TB Caviar Green- Time Machine
Crucial 256SSD boot
3X 3TB Caviar green, one month old and already filling up fast.. bleah.
24 X 2TB Caviar green in 3 QNAP 809's, 5X 2TB WD Caviar black in 509 and for fun a Qnap 439 with 4X 1 TB. Mix of 20X WD/ Seagate 2TB and 1TB drives drives either SATA housing, My Book Studio or plain for use in sharkoon SATA thingy. Actually gave away 16X 500GB drives, could not be bothered to try and sell them. Tapeless video workflow is a b
thc.
QNAPs are all RAID 6 or 5 depending on model, two are iSCSI, one just LAN JBOD single disks: worst part: never used any backup software for proper indexing but do remember where I put most stuff
3X 3TB Caviar green, one month old and already filling up fast.. bleah.
24 X 2TB Caviar green in 3 QNAP 809's, 5X 2TB WD Caviar black in 509 and for fun a Qnap 439 with 4X 1 TB. Mix of 20X WD/ Seagate 2TB and 1TB drives drives either SATA housing, My Book Studio or plain for use in sharkoon SATA thingy. Actually gave away 16X 500GB drives, could not be bothered to try and sell them. Tapeless video workflow is a b
thc.QNAPs are all RAID 6 or 5 depending on model, two are iSCSI, one just LAN JBOD single disks: worst part: never used any backup software for proper indexing but do remember where I put most stuff
Lower - WD Caviar Black 2TB - Boot Disk (OS X only)
Bay 1 - WD Caviar Black 2TB - Images (original, modified, finished, client)
Bay 2 - WD Caviar Black 2TB - Originals (photography backup, TV saves)
Bay 3 - WD Caviar Black 1TB - Media (TV programs, movies, video clips)
Bay 4 - WD Caviar Black 1TB - Download (everything off camera memory cards)
Backup - Boot Disk to Time Machine 2TB, all others to external Seagate disks.
Bay 1 - WD Caviar Black 2TB - Images (original, modified, finished, client)
Bay 2 - WD Caviar Black 2TB - Originals (photography backup, TV saves)
Bay 3 - WD Caviar Black 1TB - Media (TV programs, movies, video clips)
Bay 4 - WD Caviar Black 1TB - Download (everything off camera memory cards)
Backup - Boot Disk to Time Machine 2TB, all others to external Seagate disks.
Lower:
OSX Boot + Apps: 40GB Intel SSD
Time Machine: 500GB WD Scorpio Blue
(TM only backs up SSD and User folder)
Bay 1: 1TB Seagate 7200.11
(User Folder + 300GB part. BootCamp)
Bay 2: 2TB WD Caviar Green [WD20EARS]
(Movies and TV shows)
Bay 3: 2TB WD Caviar Green [WD20EARS]
(Backup of Bay 2 + Temp Ripping storage)
Bay 4: Empty - For better airflow to/from Radeon 5770
(also empty because I want to stick another 2-3TB drive in there when I need it)
Externals:
Ministack V3: 1TB WD Caviar Black (Offsite Backup solution)
WD MyBook: 500GB (clones of Boot drive [bootable] and User Folder)
OSX Boot + Apps: 40GB Intel SSD
Time Machine: 500GB WD Scorpio Blue
(TM only backs up SSD and User folder)
Bay 1: 1TB Seagate 7200.11
(User Folder + 300GB part. BootCamp)
Bay 2: 2TB WD Caviar Green [WD20EARS]
(Movies and TV shows)
Bay 3: 2TB WD Caviar Green [WD20EARS]
(Backup of Bay 2 + Temp Ripping storage)
Bay 4: Empty - For better airflow to/from Radeon 5770
(also empty because I want to stick another 2-3TB drive in there when I need it)
Externals:
Ministack V3: 1TB WD Caviar Black (Offsite Backup solution)
WD MyBook: 500GB (clones of Boot drive [bootable] and User Folder)
My layout is in flux right now as I am buying new upgrades, but this is what it will become in a little time:
Lower Optical Bay:
120GB OWC SSD (OS, Apps)
240GB OWC SSD (Vienna Symphonic MIDI Library)
Internal HDD Bays:
4 x 2TB WD Caviar Blacks in software RAID 10 (Data, Projects, Media)
External 4 Bay Device:
2 x 1TB Seagate HDDs, 1x2TB WD Caviar Green in concatenated JBOD (TM)
Lower Optical Bay:
120GB OWC SSD (OS, Apps)
240GB OWC SSD (Vienna Symphonic MIDI Library)
Internal HDD Bays:
4 x 2TB WD Caviar Blacks in software RAID 10 (Data, Projects, Media)
External 4 Bay Device:
2 x 1TB Seagate HDDs, 1x2TB WD Caviar Green in concatenated JBOD (TM)
Bay 1&2: 2 WD 640 blacks raid 0
Bay 3: 1.5 TB Seagate for media backup
Bay 4: Stock 320GB used for bootcamp
External OWC E-sata: Bay 1: 1TB for time machine, split evenly between MBP and MP
Bay 2: 500 GB for very important documents.
Need to change things around. Just bought a drobo and was going to offset backups to that. Then separate out my TM backups externally so if one drive fails I don't lose both TM backups.
Can't wait for cheaper 2TB HDs.
Bay 3: 1.5 TB Seagate for media backup
Bay 4: Stock 320GB used for bootcamp
External OWC E-sata: Bay 1: 1TB for time machine, split evenly between MBP and MP
Bay 2: 500 GB for very important documents.
Need to change things around. Just bought a drobo and was going to offset backups to that. Then separate out my TM backups externally so if one drive fails I don't lose both TM backups.
Can't wait for cheaper 2TB HDs.
Many HD's... But a Question...
Bay 1: OWC SSD 120 GB: Boot & Apps
Bay 2: 1.5 TB: FCS & CS5 Assets, Stock Footage
Bay 3 & 4: 2-750 GB's in RAID 0
2 - 1.5 TB eSATA Externals using NewerTech SATA Extender cable
6 - 1 TB/1.5 TB FW800 Externals
1 - Airport Extreme USB2 750 GB Shared HD
All Seagate HD's on the inside and OWC Quad Enclosures on the outside.
My question is since I'm using the two SATA ports on the motherboard with the eSATA Extender cables, would I need one of those ports to mount a SSD in my MAc Pro 1.1's lower optical bay? I have a PCI slot open so I might pop in one of the new NewerTech eSATA cards so I might not miss losing one.
Bay 1: OWC SSD 120 GB: Boot & Apps
Bay 2: 1.5 TB: FCS & CS5 Assets, Stock Footage
Bay 3 & 4: 2-750 GB's in RAID 0
2 - 1.5 TB eSATA Externals using NewerTech SATA Extender cable
6 - 1 TB/1.5 TB FW800 Externals
1 - Airport Extreme USB2 750 GB Shared HD
All Seagate HD's on the inside and OWC Quad Enclosures on the outside.
My question is since I'm using the two SATA ports on the motherboard with the eSATA Extender cables, would I need one of those ports to mount a SSD in my MAc Pro 1.1's lower optical bay? I have a PCI slot open so I might pop in one of the new NewerTech eSATA cards so I might not miss losing one.
Currently:
- Internal via Apple RAID Card
Bay 1 - 640GB 7200rpm - OSX and Apps (Adobe Production CS5)
Bay 2\
Bay 3 - 3x 1TB 7200rpm in RAID 0 - Video/audio assets, scratch, exports, etc.
Bay 4/
- External via eSATA 6G PCI card
1TB LaCie - Clone of OS drive in Bay 1
2TB LaCie - Backup of entire 3-drive RAID of video assets.
Soon to be upgraded to:
- Internal w/ Areca 1880ix-12 or 16
Bay 1 - 640GB - OSX and Apps (no change)
Bay 2 - 1TB - Renders
Bay 3 - 1TB - Preview files, scratch
Bay 4 - 1TB - Backup / clone of OS
- External via Areca RAID 3
4x2TB RAID 3 of all video/audio assets
- External via eSATA
1TB Clone of OS
2TB Backup of video assets
- Internal via Apple RAID Card
Bay 1 - 640GB 7200rpm - OSX and Apps (Adobe Production CS5)
Bay 2\
Bay 3 - 3x 1TB 7200rpm in RAID 0 - Video/audio assets, scratch, exports, etc.
Bay 4/
- External via eSATA 6G PCI card
1TB LaCie - Clone of OS drive in Bay 1
2TB LaCie - Backup of entire 3-drive RAID of video assets.
Soon to be upgraded to:
- Internal w/ Areca 1880ix-12 or 16
Bay 1 - 640GB - OSX and Apps (no change)
Bay 2 - 1TB - Renders
Bay 3 - 1TB - Preview files, scratch
Bay 4 - 1TB - Backup / clone of OS
- External via Areca RAID 3
4x2TB RAID 3 of all video/audio assets
- External via eSATA
1TB Clone of OS
2TB Backup of video assets
My reasoning for external clone of OS and video assets is that in case of disaster (fire, lightning strike, whatever) I can grab the drives and leave, then restore the os and projects on a new computer if needed. The externals only come on at the end of the night when I back everything up. Otherwise, they're off.