Hi,
I've just watched Noah Kadner's great DVD about the HVX200 and the P2 workflow. In it, Noah describes a simple method to set up a mirrored RAID.
Basically, I'll be using his system as follows:
- Use the Macbook Pro on set with two external hard drives attached (set up as a single RAID drive on the Mac).
- When I copy contents from the P2 card to the mirrored RAID drive, two copies are then made and stored separately on each actual drive - one to be used as working clips, one as backup.
That sounds great. On the DVD Noah says that you should use drives of identical type and size, and preferably Firewire 800 drives. My MacBook Pro only has one connection for Firewire 800 and one for Firewire 400.
So my question is, is it ok to use the different connections at the same time or would it be better to just daisy-chain the two drives together and then to the Mac (via Firewire 800... would that work)?
I wonder if different connections would make any difference in the overall transfer speed?
Anyway, if anyone knows the answers to these questions that would be greatly appreciated. Also, if you can suggest some good stable drives that would excellent too. I was thinking of two Western Digital MyBook (500Gb) drives.
Thanks in advance. Cheers,
ALEX
I've just watched Noah Kadner's great DVD about the HVX200 and the P2 workflow. In it, Noah describes a simple method to set up a mirrored RAID.
Basically, I'll be using his system as follows:
- Use the Macbook Pro on set with two external hard drives attached (set up as a single RAID drive on the Mac).
- When I copy contents from the P2 card to the mirrored RAID drive, two copies are then made and stored separately on each actual drive - one to be used as working clips, one as backup.
That sounds great. On the DVD Noah says that you should use drives of identical type and size, and preferably Firewire 800 drives. My MacBook Pro only has one connection for Firewire 800 and one for Firewire 400.
So my question is, is it ok to use the different connections at the same time or would it be better to just daisy-chain the two drives together and then to the Mac (via Firewire 800... would that work)?
I wonder if different connections would make any difference in the overall transfer speed?
Anyway, if anyone knows the answers to these questions that would be greatly appreciated. Also, if you can suggest some good stable drives that would excellent too. I was thinking of two Western Digital MyBook (500Gb) drives.
Thanks in advance. Cheers,
ALEX