>> Peter Ostry: >> That PCI controller supports two different RAIDs simultaneously? >> Amazing. > > On 19.09.2006, at 20:13, garygenn wrote: > I am sorry Peter, That what I said abou tthe two raid > configurations is an assumption on > my part I h=guess due to lack of knowledge. No need to be sorry ;-) because that is possible. There are hardware controllers which support several array sets simultaneously and more than one host machine. I just don't know which kind of controllers exist as PCI cards. It could have two plugs and be configured for two arrays for example. > ... > So with that said I am going to check into the two raid > configuration thing and if I have to > go with one ,look over your notes again on the raids.. Oh BTW I do > have at my disposal a > Glyph GT050 Professional 150 GB fw hd that I emptied a while ago > and it is just sitting > there off right now. One external drive for field recordings and one array for the studio is a good solution. There are just two "security leaks" for the portable drive: it can fail and it can get damaged during the transport. I would simply get two of that cheap external Firewire drives with their own housing and power supply. Both formatted. If one fails you just take the other one as it is, that will steal you just a couple of minutes. And if you have the space on your internal drive you may want to backup the recorded files to your laptop. ___ Peter Ostry