On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 19:50:25 GMT, renefournier@my-deja.com wrote:

>I would like to hear your opinions and experience on storage for Raptor
>capture, editing and output. Presently, I've got a 7200 rpm 10gig
>drive in my Dell P2/350, reserved for OS and apps. I recently picked
>up a 7200rpm 20gig Maxtor drive for DV. Now, as size goes, 20 gig is
>good enough for me for now (~90 minutes), but will it be fast enough?
>
>Likewise, what are the relative merits of, say, buying another 20gig,
>7200rpm Maxtor drive and marrying it to the first one with, say, a
>Fastrack card? Anyone doing this here? Even if it's not needed, speed-
>wise, does such a cheap RAID setup significantly speed up editing and
>rendering (if not capture and output)? (Also incidentally, does anyone
>know if the drives used in a Fastrack setup must be the same size,
>speed, etc.?)

No RAID needed - any recent 5400rpm UDMA drive is probably
fast enough for Mini-DV editing. It is more useful to have
multiple drives for video material, since it is faster and
easier to clean up storage drives by moving files around
than by defragging large drives. A RAID set-up will not
significantly speed up any operation of interest
in Mini-DV editing...