May 26, 2009 Hi Gary, since last message have moved Kona LHe back to Slot 3 with Lacie SATA ll 3Gb/s PCI-Express Card 4E in slot 4 and reset Expansion slot utility to 1) x16 2) x1 3) x4 and slot 4) x4. LaCie Biggest S2S is set to standard default out of the box RAID 0 configuration.
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The Mac supports the external SATA's, but may not support the work you're trying to make them do.
AJA would certainly say though, that Fibre is better... which it is big time. a LOT faster if setup right. Dropped frames are usually caused by one of these things:
1. the drives can't keep up.
2. there too much unrendered material you're trying to playback in real time.
3. You need to simply mix down your audio...
4. The drives are full.... they really slow down at 90% capacity, but actually start slowing down at about 70% capacity.
Post more about the fibre array... what is it? How many drives are stripped in a RAID 0 config? Whose Fibre Host Adapter are you using.
Did you ask AJA about the slot configuration? The new towers have some tricky setups having to do with PCI slot speeds... That probably has to be setup right too.
Also post the exact versions of FCP, OS, and QuickTime you're running. I assume you are running all the latest, and running the latest drivers for the Kona 3, right?
Jerry
AJA would certainly say though, that Fibre is better... which it is big time. a LOT faster if setup right. Dropped frames are usually caused by one of these things:
1. the drives can't keep up.
2. there too much unrendered material you're trying to playback in real time.
3. You need to simply mix down your audio...
4. The drives are full.... they really slow down at 90% capacity, but actually start slowing down at about 70% capacity.
Post more about the fibre array... what is it? How many drives are stripped in a RAID 0 config? Whose Fibre Host Adapter are you using.
Did you ask AJA about the slot configuration? The new towers have some tricky setups having to do with PCI slot speeds... That probably has to be setup right too.
Also post the exact versions of FCP, OS, and QuickTime you're running. I assume you are running all the latest, and running the latest drivers for the Kona 3, right?
Jerry
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Dec 13, 2006 9:47 PM