How to achieve super fast load times?

[TheDoc9]

I agree with a lot of whats just been said, I think some of this talk is over the top. Unless you've got a rabbit that lays golden eggs I would stick to a dual raid 10k rpm system at most and a quad core q9450 on an X48 with 4-8 GB of ram. Then get a very large drive for backup and be done with it. My setup is similar with out raid and I can encode full 1080p movies with x264, multiple passes in about 5 hours. This would normally take 3 days on a fast single core just a few years ago, so things have come a long way.

The problem with raid is that it's not perfect and it does fail and there are compatibility problems in some cases. I also would'nt have separate drives for input, output ect. This always causes problems for me in video editing and even audio conversions, it all depends on the bus. You mentioned audio editing, my brother uses pro tools, and he had one hell of a time setting it up since it was originally designed for a mac. I set him up with a fast system at the time with dual core multiple 10k hard drives, don't know if you're going to be using it, but just be aware that you might run into probs. no matter what you get, then you may even have to throw more money into it.

 

[myocardia]

Why are you people posting in this thread? It's four months old. The OP has obviously already built the system, or he would have come back to ask more questions.

 

[Rubycon]

Areca ARC 1680ix-24 with 4GB cache, BBU and twenty four (24) SSD's configured in RAID0. That should be pretty fast. I've asked for 'em and have the controller now so we shall see. (maybe) :Q

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Rubycon
Areca ARC 1680ix-24 with 4GB cache, BBU and twenty four (24) SSD's configured in RAID0. That should be pretty fast. I've asked for 'em and have the controller now so we shall see. (maybe) :Q

eye hay choo

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: aigomorla
eye hay choo

:music:Come ride the little train that is rolling down the tracks to the junction.
Forget about your cares, it is time to relax at the junction.
Lotsa curves, you bet. Even more when you get
To the junction, Petticoat Junction.
There's a little hotel called the Shady Rest at the junction.
It is run by Kate, come and be her guest at the junction.
And that's Uncle Joe, he's a movin' kind of slow at the junction,
Petticoat Junction. :music:

 

[PolymerTim]

Originally posted by: myocardia
Why are you people posting in this thread? It's four months old. The OP has obviously already built the system, or he would have come back to ask more questions.

This is why people looking for answers should start a new thread, even if they find something interesting in another old one.

Originally posted by: bheiser

Originally posted by: Fallen Kell
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The Areca seems to have a processing bottle-neck for overall threw-put. It also has a botched implementation of RAID 0+1, being anywhere from 33-50% slower (I/O's per sec, webpages served to client requests, and database operations per second performed) then the AMCC. The RAID 5 suffers from not having a fast enough XOR engine so the parity bit generation takes longer then it should, which also causes the card to be about 50% slower then the AMCC in RAID 5 and even slower in RAID 6. And if the RAID 5 array is operating in degrated mode (i.e. has 1 failed disk), it is about 60-70% slower than the AMCC operating under the same conditions.

Basically overall, it has some design flaws which simply make it outclassed by the AMCC. Sure, you can get the Areca for around $430, but for $50-80 more you get something that has double the performance in doing just about anything...

Hi, this is very interesting. I am researching an upgrade, having made a bad decision on an nVidia 680i board with on-board RAID 6 months ago (nothing but horrible performance and a litany of problems). I'm now deciding between the 9650SE and the 1220 ... and trying to determine which mobo will be most stable with either of them.

This is the first I'd heard of the 1220 performing poorly relative to the 9650SE. Did you perform benchmarks yourself, or do you have a reference to one?

I'm not arguing with your statement, but rather, I am trying to hone in on a decision Real Soon Now, so this would be very useful information to help in my selection.

Thanks!

bheiser, I would recommend you start a new thread and, if you want, reference and link to this one. The problem is that no one realized you revived a 4 month old thread and they just continued the previous discussion where it left off without even noticing your post.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: Rubycon
Areca ARC 1680ix-24 with 4GB cache, BBU and twenty four (24) SSD's configured in RAID0. That should be pretty fast. I've asked for 'em and have the controller now so we shall see. (maybe) :Q

eye hay choo

That's honestly the funniest thing I've seen in a few years, if not longer. BTW, Ruby, you're not at the top of my list right now, either. Oh, and who is it that I have to ask, to get a setup like that??