External Drive Raid

Jason

spin off here: http://mangolassi.it/topic/8590/when-will-sata-be-dead

MattSpeller

If you want one that actually works nicely and "does what it says on the tin" then check out these bad boys.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822108185 (Canadian link, Canadian $$$)

For cheaper you could whitebox a solution but then it'd be network only.

Edit: why not network it? I've seen you ask for local connections but no reason for it.

Jason

@MattSpeller said:

If you want one that actually works nicely and "does what it says on the tin" then check out these bad boys.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822108185 (Canadian link, Canadian $$$)

For cheaper you could whitebox a solution but then it'd be network only.

Edit: why not network it? I've seen you ask for local connections but no reason for it.

Needs to be DAS. NAS isn't nearly fast enough for the data. also Macbooks are Wifi only making it worse.

scottalanmiller

@Jason said:

Needs to be DAS. NAS isn't nearly fast enough for the data. also Macbooks are Wifi only making it worse.

Thunderbolt gives them GigE.

Dashrender

@Jason said:

@MattSpeller said:

If you want one that actually works nicely and "does what it says on the tin" then check out these bad boys.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822108185 (Canadian link, Canadian $$$)

For cheaper you could whitebox a solution but then it'd be network only.

Edit: why not network it? I've seen you ask for local connections but no reason for it.

Needs to be DAS. NAS isn't nearly fast enough for the data. also Macbooks are Wifi only making it worse.

What kind of connector on the DAS are you using?

scottalanmiller

@Dashrender said:

@Jason said:

@MattSpeller said:

If you want one that actually works nicely and "does what it says on the tin" then check out these bad boys.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822108185 (Canadian link, Canadian $$$)

For cheaper you could whitebox a solution but then it'd be network only.

Edit: why not network it? I've seen you ask for local connections but no reason for it.

Needs to be DAS. NAS isn't nearly fast enough for the data. also Macbooks are Wifi only making it worse.

What kind of connector on the DAS are you using?

He wants Thunderbolt

MattSpeller

@Jason said:

@MattSpeller said:

If you want one that actually works nicely and "does what it says on the tin" then check out these bad boys.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822108185 (Canadian link, Canadian $$$)

For cheaper you could whitebox a solution but then it'd be network only.

Edit: why not network it? I've seen you ask for local connections but no reason for it.

Needs to be DAS. NAS isn't nearly fast enough for the data. also Macbooks are Wifi only making it worse.

In my experience you'll have better performance from gigabit ethernet than you will with USB3. eSATA would be better than both, but not by much. Can't speak to thunderbolt.

Jason

@MattSpeller said:

@Jason said:

@MattSpeller said:

If you want one that actually works nicely and "does what it says on the tin" then check out these bad boys.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822108185 (Canadian link, Canadian $$$)

For cheaper you could whitebox a solution but then it'd be network only.

Edit: why not network it? I've seen you ask for local connections but no reason for it.

Needs to be DAS. NAS isn't nearly fast enough for the data. also Macbooks are Wifi only making it worse.

In my experience you'll have better performance from gigabit ethernet than you will with USB3. eSATA would be better than both, but not by much. Can't speak to thunderbolt.

You must have a bad USB3 controller then Gigabit throubhput is way less than USB3

scottalanmiller

@MattSpeller said:

@Jason said:

@MattSpeller said:

If you want one that actually works nicely and "does what it says on the tin" then check out these bad boys.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822108185 (Canadian link, Canadian $$$)

For cheaper you could whitebox a solution but then it'd be network only.

Edit: why not network it? I've seen you ask for local connections but no reason for it.

Needs to be DAS. NAS isn't nearly fast enough for the data. also Macbooks are Wifi only making it worse.

In my experience you'll have better performance from gigabit ethernet than you will with USB3. eSATA would be better than both, but not by much. Can't speak to thunderbolt.

GigE can easily be carried over USB3. USB3 is much faster... lower latency, higher throughput.

scottalanmiller

@Jason said:

@MattSpeller said:

@Jason said:

@MattSpeller said:

If you want one that actually works nicely and "does what it says on the tin" then check out these bad boys.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822108185 (Canadian link, Canadian $$$)

For cheaper you could whitebox a solution but then it'd be network only.

Edit: why not network it? I've seen you ask for local connections but no reason for it.

Needs to be DAS. NAS isn't nearly fast enough for the data. also Macbooks are Wifi only making it worse.

In my experience you'll have better performance from gigabit ethernet than you will with USB3. eSATA would be better than both, but not by much. Can't speak to thunderbolt.

You must have a bad USB3 controller then Gigabit throubhput is way less than USB3

Only 20% of it!

MattSpeller

@Jason said:

@MattSpeller said:

@Jason said:

@MattSpeller said:

If you want one that actually works nicely and "does what it says on the tin" then check out these bad boys.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822108185 (Canadian link, Canadian $$$)

For cheaper you could whitebox a solution but then it'd be network only.

Edit: why not network it? I've seen you ask for local connections but no reason for it.

Needs to be DAS. NAS isn't nearly fast enough for the data. also Macbooks are Wifi only making it worse.

In my experience you'll have better performance from gigabit ethernet than you will with USB3. eSATA would be better than both, but not by much. Can't speak to thunderbolt.

You must have a bad USB3 controller then Gigabit throubhput is way less than USB3

¯\(ツ)/¯

Possible, the USB3 stuff we have is old

Dashrender

@MattSpeller said:

@Jason said:

@MattSpeller said:

If you want one that actually works nicely and "does what it says on the tin" then check out these bad boys.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822108185 (Canadian link, Canadian $$$)

For cheaper you could whitebox a solution but then it'd be network only.

Edit: why not network it? I've seen you ask for local connections but no reason for it.

Needs to be DAS. NAS isn't nearly fast enough for the data. also Macbooks are Wifi only making it worse.

In my experience you'll have better performance from gigabit ethernet than you will with USB3. eSATA would be better than both, but not by much. Can't speak to thunderbolt.

Exactly what I was thinking... he thumbed his nose at NAS - I was assuming a 1 Gbe connection - I suppose if you really need the slight edge eSATA can provide.. fine.. or thunderbolt assuming it's even faster.. but damn.. I've been pretty happy with 1 Gbe as long as the controller in the NAS is decent.

scottalanmiller

What are you running over it that would test the speed at all? The thing that I find with USB3 is that I never have anything to hook to it that can use the speed so it is all wasted.

Jason

@Dashrender said:

@MattSpeller said:

@Jason said:

@MattSpeller said:

If you want one that actually works nicely and "does what it says on the tin" then check out these bad boys.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822108185 (Canadian link, Canadian $$$)

For cheaper you could whitebox a solution but then it'd be network only.

Edit: why not network it? I've seen you ask for local connections but no reason for it.

Needs to be DAS. NAS isn't nearly fast enough for the data. also Macbooks are Wifi only making it worse.

In my experience you'll have better performance from gigabit ethernet than you will with USB3. eSATA would be better than both, but not by much. Can't speak to thunderbolt.

Exactly what I was thinking... he thumbed his nose at NAS - I was assuming a 1 Gbe connection - I suppose if you really need the slight edge eSATA can provide.. fine.. or thunderbolt assuming it's even faster.. but damn.. I've been pretty happy with 1 Gbe as long as the controller in the NAS is decent.

Gigabit Can't handle RAW 4k-8k Video files haha

Dashrender

@Jason said:

@Dashrender said:

@MattSpeller said:

@Jason said:

@MattSpeller said:

If you want one that actually works nicely and "does what it says on the tin" then check out these bad boys.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822108185 (Canadian link, Canadian $$$)

For cheaper you could whitebox a solution but then it'd be network only.

Edit: why not network it? I've seen you ask for local connections but no reason for it.

Needs to be DAS. NAS isn't nearly fast enough for the data. also Macbooks are Wifi only making it worse.

In my experience you'll have better performance from gigabit ethernet than you will with USB3. eSATA would be better than both, but not by much. Can't speak to thunderbolt.

Exactly what I was thinking... he thumbed his nose at NAS - I was assuming a 1 Gbe connection - I suppose if you really need the slight edge eSATA can provide.. fine.. or thunderbolt assuming it's even faster.. but damn.. I've been pretty happy with 1 Gbe as long as the controller in the NAS is decent.

Gigabit Can't handle RAW 4k-8k Video files haha

Serious question, what can? What do you need bandwidth wise for that? 2 Gb? 10 Gb?

While sure people like Scott want to do this crazy 4/8K video stuff, that's either a maxed out prosumer thing, or clearly mid class business stuff, and you should be through some real capital at solving that problem, not chump change.

scottalanmiller

@Dashrender said:

Serious question, what can? What do you need bandwidth wise for that? 2 Gb? 10 Gb?

Over a NETWORK, 10GigE will do that just fine. And there are several faster options than that if needed.

scottalanmiller

@Dashrender said:

While sure people like Scott want to do this crazy 4/8K video stuff, that's either a maxed out prosumer thing, or clearly mid class business stuff, and you should be through some real capital at solving that problem, not chump change.

If you are dealing with a video production business, which is a very common thing, you need this all of the time.

Jason

@scottalanmiller said:

@Dashrender said:

Serious question, what can? What do you need bandwidth wise for that? 2 Gb? 10 Gb?

Over a NETWORK, 10GigE will do that just fine. And there are several faster options than that if needed.

Yep. To bad that would be way to expensive..

Heck 10GB wifi would be really nice too.

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said:

@Dashrender said:

While sure people like Scott want to do this crazy 4/8K video stuff, that's either a maxed out prosumer thing, or clearly mid class business stuff, and you should be through some real capital at solving that problem, not chump change.

If you are dealing with a video production business, which is a very common thing, you need this all of the time.

Sure, but it's not going to be cheap!

scottalanmiller

@Dashrender said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@Dashrender said:

While sure people like Scott want to do this crazy 4/8K video stuff, that's either a maxed out prosumer thing, or clearly mid class business stuff, and you should be through some real capital at solving that problem, not chump change.

If you are dealing with a video production business, which is a very common thing, you need this all of the time.

Sure, but it's not going to be cheap!

Sure it is. 10GigE is not that expensive. You could get desktop motherboards with dual 10GigE in 2014: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8781/asrock-x99-ws-e-10g-motherboard-review-dual-10gbaset-for-prosumers