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[filmscanners] Re: Re:Computer size(New Topic)
Denis writes:
> To carry disk performance to the max, go with
> a striped SCSI array of 15000 RPM drives!
Very expensive, though. Also, one thing tends to lead to another: If you
use 15000 RPM drives, you soon have to start worrying about keeping the
whole machine from melting down in its own heat.
> This (striped array) works fine for video work
> where we routinely handle files of 8GB and larger
> on a puny system of 766MhZ and 256MB RAM.
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just add a raft of RAM instead of an SCSI disk
array?
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