I'll be setting up an audio editing machine with an Asus AV8 Deluxe / AMD64 3500+. I need to be able to edit/record audio and store a large audio/video media library on a mirrored RAID while doing heavy broadband downloading / file transfer in the background to another drive.
(I know won't be getting a performance boost from mirroring the audio/backup drives; I just want plenty of room for audio and the assurance that my work and media library are constantly backed up.)
The ASUS board has 2 SATA ports, 2 aditional Promise SATA RAID ports, and 2 IDE ports. I've never done RAID and I've heard the on-board controllers are crap. Can anyone advise me on the best way to configure this? Should I get SATA drives for the RAID? I probably don't need the performance boost; as long as I'm downloading to a different drive than the audio editing disk, it should record/playback fine.
Here's the idea:
SATA 1: OS Drive - Seagate 160 8MB cache SATA (purchased, XP Pro installed)
IDE 1: (primary) 250GB 8mb PATA (also purchased) - downloading / temporary storage
IDE 1: (secondary) Optical drive
IDE 2: (primary and secondary?) 2x 300GB PATA RAID - audio work & backups
If I went with more $$ on SATA drives for the RAID, it could be like this:
SATA 1: OS Drive - Seagate 160 8MB cache SATA (purchased, XP Pro installed)
SATA RAID 1 & 2: 2x 300GB SATA RAID - audio work & backups
IDE 1: (primary) 250GB 8mb PATA - downloading / temporary storage
IDE 1: (secondary) Optical drive
I'd prefer the former - but will I be ok with both RAID drives on the same IDE controller?
Thanks
John
(I know won't be getting a performance boost from mirroring the audio/backup drives; I just want plenty of room for audio and the assurance that my work and media library are constantly backed up.)
The ASUS board has 2 SATA ports, 2 aditional Promise SATA RAID ports, and 2 IDE ports. I've never done RAID and I've heard the on-board controllers are crap. Can anyone advise me on the best way to configure this? Should I get SATA drives for the RAID? I probably don't need the performance boost; as long as I'm downloading to a different drive than the audio editing disk, it should record/playback fine.
Here's the idea:
SATA 1: OS Drive - Seagate 160 8MB cache SATA (purchased, XP Pro installed)
IDE 1: (primary) 250GB 8mb PATA (also purchased) - downloading / temporary storage
IDE 1: (secondary) Optical drive
IDE 2: (primary and secondary?) 2x 300GB PATA RAID - audio work & backups
If I went with more $$ on SATA drives for the RAID, it could be like this:
SATA 1: OS Drive - Seagate 160 8MB cache SATA (purchased, XP Pro installed)
SATA RAID 1 & 2: 2x 300GB SATA RAID - audio work & backups
IDE 1: (primary) 250GB 8mb PATA - downloading / temporary storage
IDE 1: (secondary) Optical drive
I'd prefer the former - but will I be ok with both RAID drives on the same IDE controller?
Thanks
John
