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Are external FW800 enclosures fast enough for audio?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 831095" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>I've never heard of using drives with multiple partitions in a RAID array. I can't imagine it would serve any point, if it even is possible. I would certainly not try.</p><p></p><p>BTW... the speeds that particular product promised is largely based on the speed of the drives they have available for sale. I don't know what yours are capable of... presumably they are somewhat slower since they are older, but shouldn't be too drastic. Also... ideally all the drives in a RAID stripe should be identical for max performance. You can use different ones (in size and speed) but it won't result in maximum performance or capacity.</p><p></p><p>You may also be able to boost that transfer rate by using an enclosure that supports 3-4 drives. You'll have to shop around a bit and see what's out there and what they can do. When I get a chance later, I'll see what others I can dig up also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 831095, member: 38864"] I've never heard of using drives with multiple partitions in a RAID array. I can't imagine it would serve any point, if it even is possible. I would certainly not try. BTW... the speeds that particular product promised is largely based on the speed of the drives they have available for sale. I don't know what yours are capable of... presumably they are somewhat slower since they are older, but shouldn't be too drastic. Also... ideally all the drives in a RAID stripe should be identical for max performance. You can use different ones (in size and speed) but it won't result in maximum performance or capacity. You may also be able to boost that transfer rate by using an enclosure that supports 3-4 drives. You'll have to shop around a bit and see what's out there and what they can do. When I get a chance later, I'll see what others I can dig up also. [/QUOTE]
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