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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (444)	4/4/1998 5:33:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Promise..EIDE RAID......performance vs..? The Promise RAID solution seems to be fast enough for real time video. I have no real time video editing/viewing capabilities with my present machine. I would like to add this function in my next machine if the hardware has advanced to the stage of an economical solution. I believe the decision for this technology will not be based on performance. Performance and RAID capabilities make this card worthy of consideration. My thoughts center around the way it integrates into the system. Comments and questions 1. Is "easy conflict flict-free installation;" anything like plug and play? 2. It will take one PCI slot (two slots for the 4+ drive array) 3. Promise FastTrack compares to SCSI, they do not compare to SCSI RAID. 4. IRQ's, system resources ( conflict free??) 5. Price is very attractive. 6. Will we see 4 x 8 GB drives as a 32 GB drive without any problems in Win95? 7. Is anyone using FastTrack...feedback? 8. If you need SCSI for other reasons, does it make sense from a design point of view to use two PCI slots? 9. SCSI RAID solutions are mostly NT based. I have not found an economical Win 95 SCSI RAID solution yet. So far this is the only RAID solution for Win 95 at a reasonable price. 10. SCSI solutions are more flexible and more upgradable with a larger user base.

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (444)	4/5/1998 1:13:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Respond to of 14778

Real Time Video data transfer rates From the Adaptec site adaptec.com >>Microprocessor performance, memory bandwidths and I/O bus bandwidths have been growing at impressive rates over the past few years. As the systems become more capable, new applications evolve to take advantage of the increased available power and features. For example, video editing is rapidly moving from specialized, proprietary systems to high-end desktops and workstations. Real time video applications require an excess of 30MB/s sustained data throughput. Other applications that require huge amounts of I/O bandwidth include scientific visualization, modeling and simulation, and data mining.<< Perhaps I spoke too soon. I indicated Promise FastTrack's sustained data transfer rate ( up to 25MB/s sustained ) will work for real time video applications. The information from the Adaptec site calls that into question. Zeuspaul