If my video and media files are all on a Fast RAID array then do i need a fast system drive?
Im building a system for uncompressed editing. The only thing on my system drive will be programs (Adobe CS3 production suite). And I will have a RAID zero array of 4 SATA disks for my video and PSD files - but my System drive will be an older 250g Maxtor on the UltraDMA EIDE133 channel. This system drive is testing at 51mb/s Read, and 26mb/s write. (According to Blackmagic disk speed check program)
A New SATA drive tests at 53 write and 43 read. So should i bother upgrading my system drive to a RAPTOR 150 or stick with the older EIDE drive? Main Programs i use are Adobe After effects, premiere pro, Photoshop for uncompressed editing with blackmagic intensity.
Specs:
MB: Tyan K8WE
AMD Opteron 270 (dual)
4GB RAM.
Nvidia Quadro FX 560
Apple cinema Display 30'
4x500gb RAID array (2TB total) on Nvidia SATA motherboard controler.
Im building a system for uncompressed editing. The only thing on my system drive will be programs (Adobe CS3 production suite). And I will have a RAID zero array of 4 SATA disks for my video and PSD files - but my System drive will be an older 250g Maxtor on the UltraDMA EIDE133 channel. This system drive is testing at 51mb/s Read, and 26mb/s write. (According to Blackmagic disk speed check program)
A New SATA drive tests at 53 write and 43 read. So should i bother upgrading my system drive to a RAPTOR 150 or stick with the older EIDE drive? Main Programs i use are Adobe After effects, premiere pro, Photoshop for uncompressed editing with blackmagic intensity.
Specs:
MB: Tyan K8WE
AMD Opteron 270 (dual)
4GB RAM.
Nvidia Quadro FX 560
Apple cinema Display 30'
4x500gb RAID array (2TB total) on Nvidia SATA motherboard controler.