On 7/17/06, Dave Phillips <dlphillips@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Mark Knecht wrote: > On 7/11/06, Dave Phillips <dlphillips@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> The final pieces are coming together for the new iron here at Studio >> Dave. I have two last questions (well, for now) : >> >> Is this a good selection for the hard disk: >> >> Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3400633A 400 GB 7200 RPM 16MB cache >> EIDE Ultra ATA100, new with Seagate warranty, $166 > > > Being ATA100 it's not the fastest drive out there but 400GB is > certainly nice storage. > > QUESTION: Are you going with a single drive or will there be separate > system and audio drives? Ach, I must answer your question with another question: Assuming I want two drives, what special considerations should I make for them ? If one is for audio work alone, does that mean it merely needs formatted and I'll use it as recording space ? Sounds simple enough, but I've never set up a system like this one.
Yes. That's the idea. /dev/hdaX would hold Linux on multiple partitions. (root swap boot, etc.) /dev/hdc would be one large partition for nothing but the audio files and supporting stuff. (Complete Ardour song directories, etc.) Extra power from the power supply so don't skimp on that. Extra space in the case if you go internal. 1394 adapter, if one isn't built in to your motherboard, if you decide to go external. IF you buy a 1394 adapter then try for 1394b instead of 1394a.
At this time I'm planning for only one drive, but I can consider purchasing a second disk.
I'm not sure it's necessary if you have enough RAM in your machine and you don't do anything other than Ardour when doing Ardour, etc. However, if you are recording with Ardour and running other apps at the same time that are accessing the drive, then for brief periods you will have apps seeking to different places on the drive and potentially causing problems. One thing might be to go with a single drive and buy the second if you decide it will solve some problem you run into later.
I'm still mulling over the distro possibilities. I may install a few before deciding on one.
Yeah, big choice. I'm cursing Gentoo this weekend as I try to make a more than major upgrade to my home network of MythTV boxes. I've been at that 2 days now...
Btw, I've assembled the mobo (added CPU, RAM, and ominous Zalman fan) and installed it in the case. The Antec Sonata II looks great, it's just waiting on its hard drive now.
sounds exciting. Good luck! - Mark
Best, dp
