Still on SCSI

[stevegalante]

I've investigated various solutions (S-ATA, FW, FC, SAN, ecc.) but now I need to 'renovate' my disks and I'm pretty convinced to stay on SCSI. I work with audio only (no video) and I don't have any multiroom/file exchange/network need. At the moment I have 3x 36G Cheetah + 3x 18G IBM SCSI drives for audio, plus 2x Lacie FW 500Gb drives for libaries, which are almost full. My idea would be to transfer everything to SCSI. I have an ATTO UL3D which I'd change with an UL4D which is now qualified for PT (not the UL5D because I'm not on PCI Express) on a G5 Dual 2.5. My average sessions are 24/96 60-80 tracks with a medium level of editing. I'd like to use the Seagate Cheetah 300Gb 10k, and have two of them on one channel for audio and 3 or 4 of them on the other channel for libraries. My concerns are :
- could the 'unbalance' (2 disks on one, 3-4 on another) between the two channels be a problem ?
- is the highly anticipated Serial SCSI standard round the corner ?
Are there any other effective alternatives, considering 1st priorities are performance and reliability ? Thanks

[Pirate Post]

I think you would be quite impressed with the performance of an internal 10K SATA drive on a G5.

[stevegalante]

Hello Peter, it seems nobody's going fot SCSI anymore these days... by the way, the total capacity I'm trying to reach is 1,5 Tb min. So, that said, if I had to use SATA 10k drives (the biggest I've found are the WD Raptor 150G), I would end up using 10 of these drives... would it be reliable and comparably fast as SCSI ? Well, I simply don't think so... any other options/opinions ? Thanks !