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>> Peter Ostry:
>> That PCI controller supports two different RAIDs simultaneously?
>> Amazing.
>
> On 19.09.2006, at 20:13, garygenn wrote:
> I am sorry Peter, That what I said abou tthe two raid  
> configurations is an  assumption on
> my part I h=guess due to lack of knowledge.

No need to be sorry ;-) because that is possible. There are hardware  
controllers which support several array sets simultaneously and more  
than one host machine. I just don't know which kind of controllers  
exist as PCI cards. It could have two plugs and be configured for two  
arrays for example.


> ...
> So with that said I am going to check into the two raid  
> configuration thing and if I have to
> go with one ,look over your notes again on the raids.. Oh BTW I do  
> have at my disposal a
> Glyph GT050 Professional 150 GB fw hd that I emptied a while ago  
> and it is just sitting
> there off right now.

One external drive for field recordings and one array for the studio  
is a good solution. There are just two "security leaks" for the  
portable drive: it can fail and it can get damaged during the  
transport. I would simply get two of that cheap external Firewire  
drives with their own housing and power supply. Both formatted. If  
one fails you just take the other one as it is, that will steal you  
just a couple of minutes. And if you have the space on your internal  
drive you may want to backup the recorded files to your laptop.

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Peter Ostry