Drawing on over 15 years of OEM computer peripheral experience, from sales and marketing some of the 1st USB 1.0 & FireWire 400/800 external drives for content creation in the early 90's, to the latest in today's RAID subsystem technologies. My exper... [ more] Drawing on over 15 years of OEM computer peripheral experience, from sales and marketing some of the 1st USB 1.0 & FireWire 400/800 external drives for content creation in the early 90's, to the latest in today's RAID subsystem technologies. My expertise is in Storage for Video, Audio, Photography & all things content creation. I've been working with computers since my Dad brought home a Timex Sinclair with a Cassette Tape for backup. My 1st real computer had a 200MB HDD | | | | Member Since: February 10th 2007 Location: Santa Fe Springs, CA | | | | |
Friends:  Abraham Chaffin  Alan Okey  Alex Elkins  Bob Zelin  Chris Borjis  Cole Prine  David Roth Weiss  gary adcock  Ian Liuzzi-Fedun  Jared Picune  Jeremy Garchow  Jerry Hofmann  Jim Carswell  Jon Barrie  Kathlyn Lindeboom  Ken Summerall  Luis Rodriguez  Nick Hasson  Ronald Lindeboom | | | | |  | Some questions about EB4FR and EB400FRby Matt Clifton 3 days agoHi guys I've heard good things about Proavio on the Cow, and right now I'm looking for a reliable enclosure with built-in RAID which I can fill with my own drives. I'm working on an edit and want to b | | | | |
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| | | | | Hitachi Ultrastar model HUS or HUA?by Jack Johnson 2 weeks agoI've recently discovered there are two ultrastar models, the HUA (sata) or HUS (sas). I'll be using an Atto R680 to control the mini sas tower. - Does it matter which ultrastar model I use - And can I | Re: Hitachi Ultrastar model HUS or HUA?
by Jon Schilling 2 weeks ago
Jack, From what I understand, SAS hard drive are nearly 3X as fast as SATA drives. Jonathan Schilling Vertical Sales Manager Proavio 12221 Florence Ave. Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 Dir: 562-777-3498 Ma
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| | | | | RAID drivesby Alex Johnson 3 weeks agoSo I'm thinking of building a data kit - if I have a raid unit like the Lacie Thunderbolt 2big and I tell it to use mirroring, then can I then pull the drives and use them independently Will they moun | Re: RAID drives
by Jon Schilling 2 weeks ago
Alex, I was waiting to see if anyone else would respond & since they didn't... Bottom line: You aren't going to be able to "split up" the RAID set & then use each drive as it's own. Generally with any
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| | | |  | RAID5 possible with SONNET FUSION D500P?by Thomas Miller 3 weeks agoHello! Do you know a workaround to build a RAID5 out of SONNET FUSION D500P storage systems (with port multiplier) At the moment we use four D500P storage systems, each consists of 5x2TB Western Digit | | | | |
| | | |  | Thank you Proavio!!!by Chris Jones 1 month agoI just wanted to thank Jon and Luis at Proavio for making buying my enclosure from them a great experience! Everything is up and running and I'm getting 900+ read write speeds with my Atto R680 and my+1 | Re: Thank you Proavio!!!
by Luis Rodriguez 1 month ago
Chris, thank you for your support. Jon and I are happy to see that everything is rocking as expected. Do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions in the future, we are always here to help!
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| | | |  | Article: The Insider's Guide to NABby Debra Kaufman 2 months ago NAB Expo The Insider's Guide to NAB As Creative COW's associate editor, Debra Kaufman, is preparing to embark upon her 23rd visit to NAB Show, she shares some great advice for making your own trek a | Re: Article: The Insider's Guide to NAB
by Jon Schilling 1 month ago
Dennis, I've known some people to rent a Verizon Mifi: Personal Wi-Fi which seem. Might be a viable option for you as free WI-FI is extremely limited to designated areas & slow when you can find a spo
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| | | | | NAB 2012 See Proavio at booth #SL8720by Jon Schilling 2 months agoWe want to invite everyone to come by & see us (Jon, Luis & Aaron) at NAB 2012 where will be introducing some great new products, our booth is SL8720. We hope to see you there. Jonathan Schilling Vert | | | | |
| | | |  | Hitachi SMART status temps are way wrongby John Davidson 3 months agoHi all, Testing out a new system with ATTO R680 ProAvio 8MS and 3TB Hitachi Deskstar drives. ATTO Config's SMART status is saying the drives are 170-211 degrees, which ATTO says might be why we're get | Resolved
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Yesterday we put in the Areca 1882x, which is a little overkill, but we're getting a pretty awesome solid line on our AJA System Test graph at read write of about 930Mb s each. I'll post a grab to sho
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| | | | | test2by David Roth Weiss 3 months agotest David Roth Weiss ProMax Systems Burbank DRW@ProMax.com http: www.ProMax.com David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum. | Re: test2
by Jon Schilling 3 months ago
David Roth Weiss ProMax Systems Burbank DRW@ProMax.com http: www.w3schools.com html html_links.asp David Roth Weiss ProMax Systems Burbank DRW@ProMax.com gotta love href.....
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| | | | | problem with Stardom ST8 Sohotankby Bob Zelin 4 months agoHi - I have built my first Stardom Sohotank with ST8 about a month ago. The installation went flawlessly. ATTO R380 card, and four (not 8) Western Digital 1TB drives in a Mac Pro with OS X 10.6.8. RAI | | | | |
| | | | | SC2-B2 Capacityby Mark Perreault 4 months agoPurchased this NAS device believing it could manage 2 x 2TB in RAID 1. Stardom website now states maximum 3 TB. Will it indeed handle 2 x 3 TB in a RAID 1 configuration | Re: SC2-B2 Capacity
by Jon Schilling 4 months ago
Mark, I just checked the specification myself & you are good to go with 2 X 3TB drives. Jonathan Schilling Sales & Marketing Manager RAIDON-USA Technology STARDOM Storage by RAIDON since 2000 15356 Ea
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| | | |  | Sohoraid sr2 with macbook proby Viktor Kamenický 5 months agoHi there! I'm trying to set up RAID 1 with my new SOHORAID SR 2 with my Mac Book Pro (Late2008) over eSata (I'm using an express card adapter from LaCie) but I can't. When I go to Disk Utility and try | Re: Sohoraid sr2 with macbook pro
by Jon Schilling 5 months ago
Viktor, There is no need to RAID your SR2 with Disk Utility. You can do that from the front panel & LCD on the SOHORAID. I'll have to ask on your other question of the "message" you're receiving. Jona
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| | | | | Which drives work with ST2-SB2?by Tony Connoly 8 months agoI purchased a SOHO Tank ST2-SB2, and would like to add a pair drives for RAID 0. I looked at "STARDOM HARD DRIVE COMPATIBILITY REFERENCE CHART" (link is below). According to that document, there are n | | | | |
| | | | | Three questionsby Tony Connoly 10 months agoI am still researching my options, and was hoping you could answer some questions. (1) Can you please tell me if there is a difference in performance (RAID 0) between the 2-drive SohoRAID and 2-drive | Re: Three questions
by Jon Schilling 10 months ago
Tony, Glad to help, we're all about having educated and informed users. Tony: (i) I am trying to figure out why the 2-drive SohoRAID is considerably more expensive that the SohoTank ST2SB2. Is there a
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| | | | | cant play ipodby mark francis 1 year agoi plugged in my new ipod touch but i cant play it. i need osx 10.5.8 so i down loaded an update and half way through the update installation process. basically its telling me i cant install on my hd. | Re: cant play ipod
by Jon Schilling 11 months ago
Ronald, As a general rule I'd say not more than 90% full but 80% even better, be it hard drives or non-mechanical media (SSD, etc). Also always have more overhead than you think you'll need. If I had
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| | | |  | Stardomby Dennis Bress 1 year agoWe installed 17 of the Stardom 8bay, 8TB high speed DAS units at a customer site and they are working great. Over 600MB s throughput. Rock on Stardom, keep up the good work. Best Regards, Dennis Bress+1 | Re: Stardom
by Jon Schilling 1 year ago
Thank you Dennis. To further clarify, Dennis is talking about the SOHOTANK ST8-U5 which is our 8 bay mini-SAS connected product. This product is also validated by Blackmagic Design. STARDOM SOHORAID S
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| | | | | Stardom ST8-S2P/media Libraryby Arthur C. Smith III 1 year agoHi Jon, Just a few thoughts after bringing our 2 Stardom ST8-2SP's online No one intends to have a hard drive nightmare when they start out, but in the old model as it existed, it was destined to happ+1 | | | | |
| | | |  | RAID drivesby Joseph Colombatto 1 year agoI presently am editing from a Mac Book Pro (maxed ram) and using FCP 6.06. I understand that to process 1920x1080 HD video files would require a RAID external drive system for increased processing spe | | | | |
| | | | | Areca 1880x vs ATTO 680by Christopher Delaine 1 year agoOK I am nearly finished installing a central storage array to support several of our Edit systems and I am caught in a small conundrum. The Raid card I choose was the Atto R680. I choose atto for thei | Re: Areca 1880x vs ATTO 680
by Mark Valentino 1 year ago
You might want to try and change your max transfer size and prefetch on the ATTO card. I have come to realize that the default setting is not the fastest and I agree that the support team at ATTO is g
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| | | | | 5 drives and an Apple RAID cardby Dave Simon 1 year agoHi Everyone, Does anyone have any good experiences to speak of in regards to Apple's own RAID card It seems like the reviews of the card are pretty luke warm, at best, and that it's not worth it. Also | Re: 5 drives and an Apple RAID card
by Jon Schilling 1 year ago
Up to 4 drives are supported...which is what I figured, this is confirmed on Apple.com, Mac Pro RAID card page: Mac Pro RAID Card Jon Schilling Sales & Marketing RAIDON-USA Technology STARDOM Storage
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