Recycling a Powermac G4 as a RAID?

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Recycling a Powermac G4 as a RAID?

I have a Powermac G4 1.42 Dual with a Sonnet 4+4 SATA PCI Card and several HD's.

1 Month ago I recieved my new Quad, so now my old G4 is not used.
Thinking That I need a RAID for FCP, I first tried to install the Sonnet card but it doesn't support PCIe so I supposed I can use the G4 as a Raid for my Quad. I have connected them via Ethernet but I saw in a post here that it is not a secure way to transfer video.

Is it possible to do it booting the G4 as FW disc? If so can I use FW800 for that or only 400 is accepted? If not, How can I do a similar thing?

Quad G5, 2.5 RAM, Nvidia 7800 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

PowerMac G4 1.42 Dual FW 800 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Posted on Jan 24, 2006 8:21 AM

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Answer 1

Studio X

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Jan 24, 2006 8:30 AM in response to MBplanb

One or two have made giga ethernet work but I believe they possess a networking sophistication way beyond normal users. Ethernet100 is not an option at all.

Using the disks in target mode is an interesting idea. No idea if it would work ...

Otherwise, what about fibre channel cards?

I share your unwillingness to toss a perfectly good machine.

Cherios,

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MBplanb Author

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Jan 24, 2006 8:39 AM in response to Studio X

I have Ethernet 10/100/1000 on both and I can see all G4 HD's on my Quad, but I think it is not fast enough for video.

Fibre Channel Cards will suppose 2x600$ and a FW800 or eSATA RAID enclosure for 4 disc is 500$.

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Answer 3

Jan 24, 2006 8:40 AM in response to MBplanb

Use your G4 for EVERYTHING other than digital creation (e.g. word processing, eMail, web browsing, iTunes, etc.) Keep your quad clean!

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Andy Mees

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Jan 24, 2006 8:46 AM in response to MBplanb

if you're only working with DV or DV50 then a direct gigabit ethernet with no other traffic is plenty fast enough ... but when you venture into uncompressed SD you will start to see problems

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Answer 5

Jan 24, 2006 8:47 AM in response to Nelson Brann

Now that's good advice! And if you really want to fill up those G4 drives, use em to save QT exports of completed project movies.

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