On Mon, 27 Sep 1999 14:47:27 -0700, "Ron Reaugh" wrote:
>Neuman - Ruether wrote in message
><37f1a9dd.17999354@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>...

>> [.....] Turning off useful features that already
>>exist on your computer is one thing - adding an
>>unnecessary (and possibly undesireable) feature like
>>RAID is quite another... Why advocate running two
>>video drives as one faster one with mini-DV using
>>Promise Fasttrack card when the individual drives
>>are fully capable of handling mini-DV data rates
>>without it (and having two large video drives is
>>more useful than having only one drive twice the
>>size)??? Heck, save your money and set-up time and
>>run the two mini-DV video drives straight off the
>>IDE cables - pocket the money, and enjoy the easier
>>drive management having multiple video drives
>>provides. Why complicate things when there is
>>no advantage?

>A distinct advanatge. The FastTrak[66] allows a much larger storage
>capacity on a PC using reasonably priced UDMA HDs than would be conveniently
>possible other ways.

True - but it is easy to equip a PC with 75-gigs (3x25)
of UDMA drives that total under $900 without RAID...
Split the first one up for programs and for video storage,
use the other two for video capture/play, and long-form
mini-DV editing is quite practical (I do it with less
storage space...). Sure, if you want to store 10 hours
of raw footage, the above won't quite do it, but...;-)
The original question, though, was about running two
UDMA drives on one IDE cable, which is quite practical
for mini-DV editing, and saves the (moderate) price
and set-up of the RAID - and also saves time (assuming
two IDE video drives are used) when it comes time to
reorganize files on the drives (moving big files from
one drive to another takes FAR less time than
defragmenting...). So there! ;-)