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DeStefano finds a fresh take on the events that lead to Easter. Using a small scriptural reference to the unridden donkey that Jesus rides in triumph into Jerusalem, DeStefano imagines a transformative relationship between a small, weak donkey and a figure who gives him strength and asks him to have faith. The text's rhymes ("No matter how much he tried or he cried/ This was a donkey no one could ride") make for easy read-aloud. Cowdrey's illustrations focus on the donkey, conveying the development from initial lethargy to the donkey's energetic and confident strength. It's a welcome change from Easter chicks and bunnies. Ages 5–up.
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It was a horrific crash that left a 55 year old Fishtown man dead and a veteran Philadelphia police sergeant injured. Now, accident investigators are trying to determine who was responsible for the crash and if either one the drivers had been drinking before the accident. "We have not been formally advised of any investigation or charges for that matter," said Fortunato Perri Jr., the lawyer for the police sergeant.The accident took place late Saturday night at Ashburner and State Road. The police sergeant was driving a Dodge Challenger and had a blinking yellow light as he headed south on State Road, the driver of the Ford van had a blinking red light as he turned from Ashburner onto State. "I can tell you, with respect to this incident that recently occurred over the weekend, he is deeply, deeply saddened by the result of this accident," Perri told FOX 29 in an exclusive interview. FOX 29 is not naming the officer because he has not been charged, but police say the internal affairs bureau and the accident investigation division are looking into the case. The fatal accident occurred while the sergeant was off duty. "I can assure you at this point, when the investigation is completed, the evidence will show he was not at fault and was not the cause of this tragedy," Perri added. The sergeant's lawyer tells FOX 29 that the accident occurred just days after the officer's ex-wife's funeral. She was also a police officer and had died of a brain aneurysm. "Sadly he suffered his own tragic set of circumstances within the last week. He lost a loved one, the mother of his children.," Perri said.
Commissioner Charles Ramsey says that the state police have now joined the investigation along with the District Attorney to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, since the sergeant worked as an aide for one of the department's top deputy commissioners.
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For the first time in 14 years, Tim Hatch is without his buddy David Ferris. They were members of the Foto Club pool team. Tim says his Fishtown friend's talent on the table was dwarfed by his huge heart.
"If you need sneaks and he seen it, he'll take you out and buy a pair of sneaks. If you need clothes, you need food, he helped you out. He was just great," recalls Hatch. He's heartbroken that his friend of more than a decade is now gone.
"I just don't know why." Ferris' friend is wondering why the officer's not in jail. "If it was they that hit him, they would be in jail right now. I mean I can't believe that."
At the accident scene on Ashburner and State Road, a memorial has been erected for David Ferris. You can see a Foto Club T-shirt with signatures on it and also a white bear. Ferris was planning on taking a group of people on a tropical vacation. Now his family is planning his funeral.
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Suddenly, a new idea has sprouted wings: Make the two runways at the Venice Municipal Airport shorter so they won't be suitable for jet traffic. Airport Advisory Board member Jim Leis says he will ask the board to consider that idea. The board...
Suddenly, a new idea has sprouted wings: Make the two runways at the Venice Municipal Airport shorter so they won't be suitable for jet traffic.
Airport Advisory Board member Jim Leis says he will ask the board to consider that idea. The board, which meets today, should study the proposal to determine whether it's the best way to ensure safe use of the airport, protect the environment and allow some development on airport land.
Leis says he discussed the idea Monday with City Manager Marty Black. In an e-mail yesterday, Black said shortening the two 5,000-foot runways is worth considering. He wrote that "a vast majority of residents and property owners" do not want runway protection zones extended beyond the airport's boundaries.
The city's draft airport plan calls for runways long enough to handle jets and runway protection zones over areas where there are homes, roads and public beaches.
Many residents are concerned about the plan's impacts on safety, noise and recreational facilities and homes on the airport property and nearby.
When Venice submits an updated airport master plan to the Federal Aviation Administration, the plan should reflect the public interest, include a local analysis of safety measures and be based on accurate data.
Yesterday, we identified some of the safety issues for the advisory panel to consider today. The board should also review numbers in the draft plan.
For example, the draft plan says the airport has a combined 172,835 annual takeoffs and landings. City Councilman Rick Tacy said at a June 12 council meeting that when he eats breakfast at the airport's Cockpit Cafe he sees few planes take off or land. "There's just no way" the figure in the plan is accurate, Tacy said.
Gerry Bandy, an airport consultant hired by the city, told Tacy at that meeting, "I'm not going to argue with you that the traffic counts are excessive."
Somebody in city government -- starting with the Airport Advisory Board -- needs to argue for accurate traffic counts.
The draft plan also estimates that, annually, the two runways each handle more than 1,000 takeoffs or landings by large planes that fit an FAA "C-II" design criteria. This estimate needs further substantiation in order to inform good decision-making.
Today, and in the future, the advisory board should insist on the most accurate air-traffic counts possible and continue to focus on the safety impacts of any proposed plan for Venice Municipal Airport.
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Penalties have been a recurring problem for Arkansas this season.
It continued Saturday as the Razorbacks racked up a season-high 130 yards on 13 penalties in a 49-14 win over Vanderbilt. It marked the third time this year Arkansas had double-digit penalties and the second time the Razorbacks topped the century mark in penalty yards.
"That's a lot of penalties," quarterback Ryan Mallett said. "I looked at the scoreboard in the fourth quarter (Saturday) and I didn't realize we had that many penalties. But that's the little things we always talk about that we can't do because it's going to hurt us. We've just got to look at it, see what we did and work on that. We've definitely got to eliminate them, though.
"It's just a lack of focus. It's a lack of focus on all 11 guys."
Arkansas leads the SEC in penalty yards this season and by a wide margin. The Razorbacks are averaging 74.1 penalty yards per game – more than 20 more than 11th-place Auburn. Only five other teams are averaging more penalty yards in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
But it seems Arkansas' opponents are playing to the level of the Hogs' sloppiness – or vice versa. The Razorbacks' opponents are averaging a league-leading 59.1 penalty yards per game, meaning on average there are 133.2 penalty yards each time Arkansas takes the field.
Asked about the penalties Monday, Razorbacks coach Bobby Petrino said, "You know, we're not going to talk a lot about the negatives. We're going to focus on the positives and getting better, and then you work hard to get rid of the negatives."
Defensive end Damario Ambrose said discipline is the key to eliminating the mistakes, especially at home.
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The 150th anniversary of the Civil War begins in 2011, and already there has been criticism by some that Georgia is "a day late and a dollar short" when it comes to promoting it. The fact is, in the midst of a fiscal crisis, the state is making wise and timely use of limited funding to develop a unique CW150 program that will draw visitors from around the world to Georgia.
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William Voegeli wrote a book about the ever-growing welfare state in the United States and throughout the Western world titled "Never Enough." In the tea party, we hear the countervailing cry, "Enough!"
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Somebody donated an Apple TV to me, and I know nothing about it. I can tell you that right now the thing boots to a question mark and the LED on the front alternates between amber and white. Looks like a bad hard drive.
So if I have a bad HD in this thing and it's gonna need to be replaced, what do I need to know? Any particular brand or size work/not work in this thing? I assume I'm going to need to download an Apple TV image or something to get it to work again like normal....
...But "normal" isn't why I'm here at this site! If you guys were in my shoes, which direction would you go - keeping in mind that I know nothing about this thing? Here's some of the ideas I've come up with:
1. Find out which sectors on the HD are bad and partition around them
2. Replace the HD with a bigger one and restore it back to factory via a downloaded image
3. Replace the HD with a bigger one and install a modified image
Now, as far as hacking it goes, I generally don't veer too far off the stock path; a lot of people already got paid money to figure out how to make this thing the best that they could (with limitations), and I don't think I'm smart enough to reinvent the wheel so that it rolls smoother. So maybe there are a few tweaks that everybody has found extremely useful?
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I'm building a new system and have some questions about what sort of disk configuration to put together. Probably about 90% of my source will be AVCHD (more details in my earlier post). The articles on this forum are great and have been very helpful but I'm still confused. The Generic Guideline for Disk Setup talks about distributing access across as many disks as possible but then shows all configurations with more than 4 disks as placing everything except the OS, programs, and pagefile on the same RAID. A file is distributed across multiple disks in a RAID but it's one logical drive so there must be head contention if more than one file is needed at the same time from that RAID. Wouldn't a setup like this work better?
C: [1 Drive] OS, Programs
D: [RAID 3] Media, Projects
E: [RAID 0] Pagefile, Media Cache
F: [1 Drive] Previews, Exports
Would there be any problems having multiple RAIDs? In the above example, the RAID 3 would require a hardware controller and the RAID 0 could run off the ICH10R on the motherboard. Can ICH10R support multiple RAIDS (more than one RAID 0) and can a hardware controller (say, an Areca) support more than one RAID? If so, would it be better to run both the RAID 3 and RAID 0 in this example off the Areca?
To RAID or not to RAID has been helpful but I'm still not clear on everything. What are the differences between an inexpensive controller like the Areca ARC-1210 and the more expensive models which can cost 4 times as much? Obviously the more expensive controllers have faster processors and more cache but do you get 4 times the performance? I'm sure a high-end controller would be helpful if you're editing 4K files or uncompressed HD but I suspect it's not worth the expense for a mostly-AVCHD environment.
What about using RAID 0 for source media? I understand the likelihood of problems increases with the number of disks but what does that mean in the real world? I've been using my current drives (Seagate SCSIs) for about 7 years and have never had a problem. In fact I've owned computers with hard drives since the early 80s and don't believe I've ever had a disk fail on me. Of course everything needs to be backed up but how often might I be rebuilding a RAID 0 due to disk failure? Maybe I've been very lucky or maybe "they don't build 'em like they used to".
I've been using (parallel)SCSI for over 10 years but no longer believe it's cost effective. It seems like adding more SATA drives to a RAID would be cheaper than expensive 15K RPM SAS drives. Does everyone agree with that? Also, SAS drives are only available in much smaller capacities than SATA drives.
A hardware controller is required for RAID 3 and strongly recommended for RAID 5 but do they offer an advantage for RAID 0? What about for RAID 10? One advantage would be providing extra ports since most motherboards only provide 6 SATA ports. Does one motherboard offer any better SATA and RAID performance than any other or are they all about the same in that regard?
Is there any advantage to external RAIDS other than convenience in moving data from one computer to another? It seems like a controller directly on the bus would be faster than one connected externally.
Is there any disadvantage to running SATA 3 drives on a SATA 2 controller? A possible advantage might be the larger cache that some SATA 3 drives have. Would a 64MB cache help much over a 32MB cache? I've also heard SATA 3 can increase burst speeds. If I have two SATA 3 ports, and I'm using one on an SSD for the OS, would it help to use the other port for another drive or might that take away bandwidth from the SSD?
I've run across some things (don't have links handy) that indicate there may be problems with drives larger than 2 TB. Is this just for single drives larger than 2 TB, RAIDs larger than 2 TB, or am I confused and this is not an an issue?
What about specific drives that are quiet and perform well? Quietness is important to me and I worry about building a box, with as many as 10 drives, sounding like an airport runway. I've heard the Caviar Blues are quieter than the Black but I don't think they perform as well. I've heard Samsung F3 are both quiet and fast and that's what I'm leaning towards at the moment. What's with the F4? Samsung's site says it's "Independently tested as the fastest 3.5" HDD available" yet it also refers to it as an "Eco-Green HDD", which usually means slow.
Should I use different drives in RAIDs than standalone? I've heard "enterprise" models are better for RAIDs because of differences in their firmware error recovery. These sources say "consumer" models are more likely to time-out in a RAID because they have more aggressive error recovery. Is this true and should be a concern?
I'm surprised there have been no replies after 2 days because disk setup is usually a hot topic around here. I apologize if I've overlooked any solutions elsewhere but I think I've read all the usual articles (Generic Guidelines...etc). There's a lot of information to digest. Any feedback, anyone?
I will answer your questions tomorrow. It is midnight now and I'm going to sleep.
Thank you Harm. Pleasant dreams!
I'm looking forward to an answer too, because I have some of the same questions. I'm currently working with a systems integrator on a quote, and we are hashing out some details about a few things.
I do a lot of uncompressed 10-bit, as well as some 1080p60 projects. So, for the RAID, to date, I'm going for an Areca ARC-1880ix-16. Funny thing is, there is not much price difference between the 12 and 16 port model. So I'm going to go with the 16-port model, and upgrade the cache to 4GB. Seems well worth it. I'll probably start out with an 8 disk RAID setup, and upgrade it n the future if need be.
We did toy with the idea to build the RAID around SSDs.... Ouf, imagine having an 8 SSD RAID! (Corsair SSD Force Series 3). But realistically, I'll most likely go with normal SATA III drives. And since they are so inexpensive, I'll probably fill it to the brim. Or most likely, the capacity that the case can handle.
But Roy has a good point. What about distributing the load on the array? Would it be more appropriate to make 2 RAID groups on the card? To balance the traffic of the media, cache, previews, pagefile and export?
Roy, I can start answering some of your questions though (My years of being a PC tech comes in handy sometimes, hehe)
Would there be any problems having multiple RAIDs? In the above example, the RAID 3 would require a hardware controller and the RAID 0 could run off the ICH10R on the motherboard. Can ICH10R support multiple RAIDS (more than one RAID 0) and can a hardware controller (say, an Areca) support more than one RAID? If so, would it be better to run both the RAID 3 and RAID 0 in this example off the Areca?
From a technical standpoint, there are no problems running multiple RAIDs. But there would be a performance drawback if the RAID was software only (OS managed). Thankfully, on-board RAIDs do help, but there is still some CPU overhead to deal with on-boad RAID5, and very minimally RAID 0. Having a RAID card is always the better option if you can afford it. The performance, manageability and flexibility are unmatched, compared to any on-board motherboard RAID controllers. RAID 0 is simple and does not need much resources. So, yes, you could run the RAID 0 from the on-board controller of the motherboard. It would theoretically "offload" the 8x PCIe lane from extra traffic, but practically, I seriously doubt the disk I/O would exceed the PCIe bandwidth in the first place.
What about using RAID 0 for source media? I understand the likelihood of problems increases with the number of disks but what does that mean in the real world? I've been using my current drives (Seagate SCSIs) for about 7 years and have never had a problem. In fact I've owned computers with hard drives since the early 80s and don't believe I've ever had a disk fail on me. Of course everything needs to be backed up but how often might I be rebuilding a RAID 0 due to disk failure? Maybe I've been very lucky or maybe "they don't build 'em like they used to".
I use P2 media. So I practice double copies. A working copy on the computer, the other on an external HD as a backup copy. Everyone using solid state media to record on, should do the same. Having said that. You know what RAID 0 means? Zero chance of data recovery if 1 drive fails. The more drives in a RAID, the more likely a problem can arise. Packing drives tightly together will produce more heat if not well ventilated, and will reduce the life expectancy of any drive. I have come across some bad disks in my 20+ years dealing with computers as a tech. Not that many, but enough to not trust them, and enough to practice backups even if I had a RAID 5 or 6 (and a hotsparet). Even though I have a backup copy on an external drive for my source media, and even though I try to backup as often as I can, I can still loose other things (ancillary files) in my hypothetical RAID 0 media drive. Worst case? I could loose a day's worth of work, plus what ever time it takes to rebuild and restore everything from the previous night's backup (if I didn't forget). Time is money for most of us. And investing in a proper editing system is something I don't take lightly.
A hardware controller is required for RAID 3 and strongly recommended for RAID 5 but do they offer an advantage for RAID 0? What about for RAID 10? One advantage would be providing extra ports since most motherboards only provide 6 SATA ports. Does one motherboard offer any better SATA and RAID performance than any other or are they all about the same in that regard?
There are no major advantages to use a RAID 0 or 10 on a standard addon hardware RAID controller, other then to free up ports on the motherboard, or have a higher disk count on your RAID. But higher end RAID cards with bigger cache, will be faster. On-board RAIDs do have some overhead, but for RAID0, it's not as drastic as RAID5. Motherboard SATA RAIDs, with the same chipset, for all intents and purposes, are basically the same performance. There may be small variations from one manufacturer or another, but nothing real world measurable.
Is there any advantage to external RAIDS other than convenience in moving data from one computer to another? It seems like a controller directly on the bus would be faster than one connected externally.
Convenience, is subjectively proportional to your needs and disk quantity inside the computer casing. hehe What stops me from having more then 16 drives in my system, is the casing size for HDs and possible heat dissipation issues. I try to have a system that is self contained, and avoid using an external enclosure if I can. But regardless, the speed of internal and external ports on a RAID card is the same.
I've run across some things (don't have links handy) that indicate there may be problems with drives larger than 2 TB. Is this just for single drives larger than 2 TB, RAIDs larger than 2 TB, or am I confused and this is not an an issue?
Not an issue with Windows 7.
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Your C, D, E and F configuration mimics partly my own setup. I have
C: [1drive] OS, programs
D: [raid0, 2 drives] Pagefile, Media Cache (on-board)
E: [raid30, 12 drives] Media, Projects, Previews (Areca)
A: [1 drive] Stock footage, Sonic Fire music
B: [1 drive] Exports
Why? Because the burst rate for the small Media Cache files is better on the raid0 than on the raid30. But the sustained transfer rate for the larger Media and Project files is way better on the raid30 (around 850 MB/s), and - not unimportant - the cleaning up after projects is very easy.
Head contention like you mention when more than 1 file is needed, needs to be seen in relation the number of drives. Say you need 8 files at the same time. Imagine two approaches with 6 disks available:
a. 1 raid0, 2 drives and 1 raid3, 4 drives or
b. 1 raid3, 6 drives.
For b it is simple, everything stored in one place, easy to organize. Access in distributed across 5 drives (one is for parity in raid3), each drive accesses 1/5-th of each file and repeats that for all the other files. Say each file is 500 MB, then each drive has to access only 100 MB per file, before moving on to the next file.
For a it is a bit more complicated, because which of those 8 files are stored where. Say you have stored 3 files on the raid0 and 5 files on the raid3. Then the raid3 with distribution across 3 drives need to access 1/3-rd of each file, so 167 MB per file and of course that takes longer per file. But more importantly it is more difficult to organize and clean up and the fill rates go up more on the smaller raids, reducing performance.
A rough estimation of the sustained transfer rate of solution a and b is 200+250 MB/s and 425 MB/s respectively.
Both ICH10R and dedicated controllers support multiple arrays. Dedicated controllers have the advantage of good rebuilding features for parity raids, array expansion, adding hot-spares and upping raid level, say from 3 to 5 to 6, etc. The more expensive cards do not only have faster IOP's more and sometimes expandable cache, but use multi-lane connectors, keeping the cable mess under control and make it easier to keep a good airflow in the system reducing heat build up. Additionally they offer external multilane connectors, using both 8087 and 8088 ports. Also the use of port multipliers is only found on the more expensive models.
I would say that comparing the ARC-1210 and the ARC-1880 is similar to comparing the nVidia GTX-260 and the GTX 580. Older architecture, lower clock speed, less memory and cores.
Scott is a favorite of using 2 raid0 in systems, but the drawback of that is that any performancce gain while editing is offset by the time it takes to make backups and restore them after a failure. I personally prefer the redundancy of parity raids, so I can exchange (with hot-swappable bays) the drive, continue working and have the controller do the rebuilding in the background or use the hot-spare till I have time to replace the failed disk.
I've had my share of disk failures in the past 25 years. 1 Seagate SCSI, 7 Seagate 7100 SATA (out of 12) and 1 Samsung F1 (out of 16), so I like redundancy.
Bill Gehrke has done tests with 8 disk raid0 arrays, using 8 SSD's, 8 147 G 15K SAS and 8 1TB SATA disks and it did not make any difference in performance. BFTB wise only SATA looks sensible. The larger cache on the SATA3 drives is always welcome, even on SATA2 connections. If you are looking for SATA3 disk, do not skip the Hitachi 7K3000 line. They no longer deserve the nickname 'deathstar'.
Raid 0 and 10 are pretty easy for on-board controllers. Dedicated controllers are not noticeably faster, but especially with raid10, remember that it takes at least 4 SATA connectors when using on-board, connectors you may need for other disks or burners.
Here is an article about the 2 TB limitation: Adobe Forums: How to access more than 2 TB of disk...
Samsung F3 disks are very fast and quiet, but they have only 32 MB cache. The F4 series have one very fast model, the 320 GB, but the other models with larger capacity are indeed eco-green and not advisable. If I were to upgrade today, I would almost certainly go for the Hitachi 7K3000 2 TB model, one that is officially certified by Areca. Good performance, attractive price, 64 MB cache and sufficient space when using a 16 disk raid30, including hot-spares. I don't know how quiet they are, but with a fully loaded system like mine (max. 19 HDD's and 2 BR burners) the noise of my fans is more than the disks together.
Sorry it took so long to answer, but I hope this helps.
19 disks + 2 optical..... WOW.... What casing do you have to fit all of those? Any new recommendations on new casings for this many drives? And what drive cages are you using to fit them all? Is the heat dissipation an issue?
Lian Li PC- A77 chassis, http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=478&cl_ind ex=1&sc_index=25&ss_index=61
and Chenbro hot-swappable drive cages, http://www.chenbro.com/corporatesite/products_detail.php?sku=184
Heat is no problem, but as I alluded to, the noise of the fans to keep it all cool is much louder than the noise of the disks.
When SSD's become attractive from a BFTB perspective, I could configure this chassis without any problems to fit:
2 BR burners
18 3.5" disks (15 hot swappable)
4 SSD's (all hot swappable)
Frederic, that sounds like a really nice RAID you're putting together. I'm sure it will help with your 10-bit uncompressed footage but I think it would be overkill for my (current) needs.
Like you, I also use solid-state media (SDHC rather than P2) and have 2 identical backup drives (external USB2) in addition to a copy on the internal editing drive. So with 3 copies of the footage, I'm wondering if I really need RAID 3 or 5, or can get by with RAID 0 which would not only save the cost of a controller but require less physical drives for the same throughput.
>the speed of internal and external ports on a RAID card is the same.
Yes, for the disk ports, but I was thinking the RAID controller would transfer data faster directly over PCIe than through eSATA. However, I just looked up PCIe speeds and apparently it's not as fast as I thought. If I understand correctly, an 8X PCIe card has a 4 Gbit/s rate which is only a little faster than SATA 2 and slower than SATA 3 (based on theoretical maximums of course). Plus, eSATA(2) could transfer up to 375 MB/s and I don't think I'll need a RAID faster than that (although I may be wrong).
I understand higher end RAID cards will be faster, I'm just wondering by how much because they can cost several times as much.
You mentioned volumes >2 TB are not an issue with Windows 7. I was doing some searching and ran across something that says you need a UEFI BIOS for the large volumes. Is this only needed for boot volumes or everything >2 TB? If everything, then is that something I need to look for or is it fairly standard on most motherboards today?
Thanks for all your answers and comments.
Harm, that's good to know that you're using a configuration similar to what I proposed (except with a vastly larger and faster RAID).
Thanks for the explanation about storing all data on one large RAID versus multiple smaller RAIDS. I think I follow you (barely). I wasn't thinking about file accesses being smaller due to their distribution across more drives (only needing to access 1/5 of each file on each of 5 drives in your example). It sounds like it's hard to generalize at what point (how many disks) a single large RAID would be better than several smaller ones because this varies depending on the size and mix of files being accessed.
I understand your point about the ARC-1210 vs. ARC-1880 and the GTX 260 vs GTX 580 but suspect the performance gain relative to price difference is much greater between the nVidia cards than between the Areca's (although I have no benchmarks to back that up).
I guess the main thing I'm trying to figure out is how much of a RAID do I need. The least expensive route would be a 2 disk RAID 0 running on the motherboard controller (for media). It sounds like that would give fairly good performance at the cost of potential unreliability. Because I have double backups of my source media, the only drawback seems to be the time to recreate the RAID if one of the drives dies. The next step up would be a low-cost controller like the Areca ARC-1210 which would allow me to have a RAID 3 or 5 as well as some additional drives due to availability of extra ports. The ultimate (for a non-pro like myself) would be the ARC-1880ix which would max out the space I have for drives and offer great performance and flexibility but at a relatively high price. How do I decide how fancy a RAID I need?
I'm surprised that Bill Gehrke's tests on 8 disk RAID0s showed no performance difference between SSD, SAS, and SATA.
Thanks for the link to "How to access more than 2 TB". But it sounds like that may not be a problem with Windows 7.
I've not seen any responses to my question about "enterprise" drives. Should I take that to mean they aren't really necessary? Has no one experienced the time-out problems in RAIDs without enterprise drives I had read about? If so, then should I just use the same drives all around for maximum configurability?
BTW, how big are the media cache and cache database files?
Harm, I was also wondering how you housed those 19 hard drives. Are you able to squeeze them all into the 5.25" bays (the Lian Li PC-A77F only has 12) with the Chenbro cages or do you also have cages placed elsewhere in the box? That looks like a nice chassis. I'm thinking about getting the Lian Li PC-A70F which has 10 3.5" + 5 5.25" bays and looks like a good deal for the price.
Thanks for all your answers and comments.
I would like to thank everyone for the very instructive comments on this post !
Usually, I would be in no position to provide any good advice. But this time i would like to quickly share my recent experience regarding Raid configuration choices and the importance of some other aspects than just performance.
As stressed by Harm (and Bill and Jim in other posts) the files organization and the clean-up after projects is not "unimportant".
I don't work with 10 bit uncompressed media, but have a multi-cameras workflow and many recordings/narrations i have to capture from different card formats, precisely organize a big amount of files before editing, then work on it for days while i keep capturing different media from different projects....
After a months of spreading my different assets across my 2 set of Raid 0, while working on them then backing them up on external Raid 1, again & again, i think i'm starting to loose my hair
I can't complain about the performance, Raid 0 is FAST, but there are way too many assets/projects files/exports to organize to keep up.
Also, the lack of redondancy is a risk i start to realize, i'm not sure that taking extra-precautions is overkill when it comes to professional projects. The price difference for a good controller and disk setup is justified by the security i could get.
Using a big 8 disks array will allow me to keep a simple organisation on "one" disk, no need to worry to much about possible failure of current projects, easier to backup and clean-up, and leave the temps files i don't need to backup (pagefile, mediacache) on a Raid 0.
Regarding my needs, security & ease of use proved to be as much important as performance.
Only my 2 yens
I'm wondering if I really need RAID 3 or 5, or can get by with RAID 0 which would not only save the cost of a controller but require less physical drives for the same throughput.
I fully understand your concerns.We all have to follow a budget. But thing of it this way, what happens if a disk fails? Are you willing to take the time to restore everything? Plus the time it takes to go out and buy a new drive and swapping it? Will you have daily backups always on hand? Will loosing time stress you? Will your client be annoyed at delays? If you can't afford a RAID card, then do yourself a favor, use the onboard RAID controler with a minimum of 3 disks in RAID5. 3 is the minimum number for a RAID5. You'll be secure in knowing that if a drive fails, not all is lost. And it will give you ample time to swap the drive and rebuild the RAID. A three drive RAID5 is not as fast as a 2 disk RAID0, as you do have some CPU overhead to manage the parity. But if you can, get yourself a forth one to be faster. Speed is wonderful. But it's like riding a fast bike without a helmet. You'll be glad to have that helmet on if you crash!
ilHowever, I just looked up PCIe speeds and apparently it's not as fast as I thought. If I understand correctly, an 8X PCIe card has a 4 Gbit/s rate which is only a little faster than SATA 2 and slower than SATA 3 (based on theoretical maximums of course). Plus, eSATA(2) could transfer up to 375 MB/s and I don't think I'll need a RAID faster than that (although I may be wrong).
A single lane PCIe 2.0 is 500MB/s (Bytes, not bits) So an 8 lane RAID card's theoretical maximum throughput is 8x 500MB/s = 4GB/s (Bytes, not bits) SATA2 is 3Gb/s (375MB/s), and SATA3 is 6Gb/s (750MB/s). Mind you, no single hard drive can actually achieve this speed. It's just the theoretical limit of the interface. Hence the need to RAID drives together for speed (and security).
Harm, I was also wondering how you housed those 19 hard drives. Are you able to squeeze them all into the 5.25" bays (the Lian Li PC-A77F only has 12) with the Chenbro cages or do you also have cages placed elsewhere in the box?
12 slots of which 2 for the BR burners. Of the remaining 10, 9 are used for three Chenbro cages for 15 hot-swappable disks. The last one only has a single disk and could be replaced with a 4 SSD hot swappable drive cage from Addonics. The case has room for three more 3.5" disks in the rear top, which is where I have my other disks. I haven't checked whether I could replace the standard rear cage with a Lian Li 5 in 3 cage, because I don't need more space, but I guess that with some mods I could make it hold 5 disks, but the immediate concern for me would be the air exhaust from the chassis. It would be like blocking an exit.
A raid controller is like a tripod. A cheap one will last one camera, maybe less, whereas a good tripod may last you a lifetime and you will enjoy using it everyday. But of course the price is different. A $ 400 tripod is no comparison to a $ 2500 Vinten or Sachtler tripod. IMO the same applies to raid controllers. Yes they are expensive but they easily last several generations of PC's.
If you decide to go for a good raid controller, get one with sufficient ports to grow. I you only plan to use up to 4 ports now, then get at least an 8-port model. If the price difference between 8 and 12 ports is small, maybe skip the 8 port and get the 12.
You can then start with say 4 disks, and at a later time simply add disks and expand the raid for increased speed and storage space.
About enterprise disks versus normal disks, it is correct that in general enterprise disks give fewer problems than normal disks with certain brands. WD Blacks have a rather tainted reputation in that area. With my past experiences with Seagate, that is not a favorite brand of mine. A lot of people here use the Samsung F3 without problems in large arrays, even though Areca officially warns against using them. Areca officially endorses the Hitachi line that I mentioned and since their $/GB is equal to the Samsung F3, but are SATA3 disks with the larger cache, I would seriously look into those disks. Whichever brand/model you choose, keep all your data disks the same. Do not mix brands or models.
Thanks again everyone for your advice. It's sounding like I probably should get a real RAID rather than AID0. And I'd rather pay for a low-end card than cripple my system trying to run RAID5 off the motherboard. I'm still not clear though on how much advantage I would gain from a more expensive controller card. Harm, I understand what you're saying about getting more life out of a better card (the tripod analogy is good; wish I could afford a Sachtler). I do wonder though how viable it would be after "several generations of PC's". The new Intel chips will be bringing PCIe 3.0 and who knows what other changes may occur over several PC generations. Everything might be using Thunderbolt in a few years. Is there a big performance advantage in the more expensive cards or is it more in other areas (flexibility, longevity)?
It's sounding like either Samsung F3 or Hitachi 7K3000 are the disks to get. I like the Hitachis for the larger cache and that they are officially certified by Areca. I like the Samsung for lower total cost (I don't believe I need 2 TB per drive capacity) and quietness. So Harm, you're saying keep the standalone disks the same as those in the RAID?
Thanks Frederic for pointing out my oversight on PCIe speed. I guess I lost a few zeroes somewhere.
Back in the dark ages, when I switched over from LE (using Videonics stuff) to NLE, I started out with a two port Promise card. Heck, what did I know about NLE, and thought this is OK. I then added an external 4 disk SCSI array from Videoguys and that helped a lot in performance. IIRC that was a 26 GB unit that set me back around $ 2600 at that time . $100/GB
Then on a new system I got a 4-port 3Ware card, thinking that was more than I would ever need. Used it a long time and then eventually two years ago I got an Areca ARC1680-iX-12, thinking that would be enough. Well it still is and when I start building a new system, based on the i7-3960X, I am in a quandary to keep it or upgrade to the then new ARC-2xxx cards that use PCIe-3 that are rumored to be introduced Q1/2-2012. But if I do decide to upgrade the raid controller, I will definitely go for the 24-port model and max out the cache memory. That should last me a long time.
The fault I made - in hindsight - is that I tried to be what some call 'penny-wise and pound-foolish'. I tried to get something good for the least amount possible, which is not a bad trait, but I have been too conservative. If I had not bought the 12-port version, but the 16-port instead, I would definitely continue using it in a new machine. Now I'm doubting. Well I could still find alternative uses for this card in one Dell server and replace the CERC controller, or use it in a new server or ...
Bill Gehrke uses an Areca ARC-1880 and I use the 1680. With my raid30 array, my sustained transfer rates max out at 850 MB/s, but with the newer card BIll has, he easily attains rates over 1000 MB/s. Mind you these figures are not with everyday arrays. They are with very large arrays, that would not apply to most people.
A Samsung F3 1 TB costs around € 41 here, a Hitachi 7K3000 2 TB costs around € 82 here, No difference IMO per GB. And yes, keep all your disks the same in brand and model, so you can add them to the raid at a later date if needed. I have the older F1 Samsungs that will be hard to get now and if one of my disks in the array fail, I have two other solitary F1's that I can use to replace the failed ones with. Of course, if that happens, I need to decide what disks will be in a new array.
Harm, you're a RAID wild-man (and I mean that in a good way)! This will be my first RAID but I follow a similar trend to you with standalone disks. I usually get more storage than I think I'll ever need with a new computer and always end up needing more long before that computer is retired.. I don't recall what the cost of the whopping 10 MB hard drive in my original IBM PC/XT was but I'm sure it was way up there. My editing experience at that point consisted of cutting and splicing Super 8 film. But I digress...
It would be very interesting to see some benchmarks of different Areca controllers with identical disk configurations. I'm thinking of starting with a 4 disk RAID and perhaps buying an 8+ port controller for future expandability. I'm curious how something like the ARC-1220 might perform next to a 1680 or 1880 in otherwise identical systems.
Your's and Bill's RAIDs not being "everday arrays" is an understatement. :-)
I didn't mean to imply the Hitachi disks cost more per GB than Samsung. I simply meant a system built on 1 TB Samsungs would cost less than one built on 2 TB Hitachis (of course).
Well now I'm leaning towards the Areca ARC-1880i. It's about twice the price of Areca's entry-level ARC-1210 but has twice the ports, twice the cache, faster processor, etc. Of course doubling the cost again (4X what I originally planned) would get me an ARC-1880ix-12-4G but I can't see really needing that. So I have a few questions about the 1880i.
1. Is this a good midrange controller and are there others I should be looking at?
2. Any problems using this SAS controller with SATA drives? I think a lot of people are doing that but I just want to make sure. Will I need to purchase adapter cables (like this)?
3. Any problems using this PCIe x8 controller in a x16 slot?
4. Is there any reason to get the battery backup option if my computer is on a UPS?
5. I've read several things about the fan being noisy and going out early. Has anyone replaced the fan on one of these with something quieter and have recommendations?
Out of curiosity, capacity aside, would Samsung F4 320GB drives be any good in a parity RAID setup? I so, do they perform better then the Hitachi 7K3000? Or is it too marginal to even bother with?


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