Re: Minimal drive solution for Firewire

Paul Dougherty (pauld@interport.net)
Fri, 2 Oct 1998 16:52:53 -0400 (EDT)

>In a message dated 10/1/98 11:21:14 PM, you wrote:
>
>>I was thinking about the Firemax 2 card that will do firewire & SCSI
>>acceleration, combining that with a single drive (4 maybe 8 gig). I'm
>>trying to postpone an expensive heavy-duty array till I get something like
>>an MCXpress. Unfortunately I was told by a sales person at Promax that
>>there are unresolved issues re. the built-in SCSI acceleration on the
>>Firemax 2 and he advised against using it that way. Any comments?
>
> It is, however, what the card was designed for. If it's a bad product,
>then it shouldnt' be carried... but I digress... You wanted to know how to get
>DV editing on a 9500. I believe the internal SCSI bus may be SCSI-2 fast,
>which, with the proper drive, should yield fast enough throughput for a
>firewire-only card (which would prpbably be cheaper than a dual-duty card).

Thanks Anthony, Its only a 2 gig which I'd prefer to keep my apps on and
have na external dedicated media drive.