Posts Tagged ‘os x’
March
2010
LaCie 4big Quadra Problems
Read the original post about my RAID configuration here
After using the drive in the above configuration for a few months, there are some problems I’ve noticed with it.
January
2010
New RAID Setup, eSATA ExpressCard/34 on Snow Leopard
So I treated myself to a nice present this Christmas. Yes, I got it on sale because it has a few dents in the front.
The LaCie 4big Quadra RAID enclosure is pretty tight. I am sick of buying external hard drives every time they fail, and having a million enclosures left over, so I splurged. I have 4 – 1TB disks in a RAID5 configuration. That gives me 3TB to play with. It is very fast, and works well so far. I cannot support the multiple claims I’ve heard about it being too loud. I’ve heard the fans come on, and they aren’t that loud. Yes, if I was recording some voice over work right in front of the device it would certainly be heard on the microphone, but it is nothing to complain about. I will get a long eSATA cable and hide it behind my desk or something. The only downside to this device is that you void the warranty if you use a replacement drive that you do not purchase from LaCie. There is a 3-year warranty on the thing, so I guess I’ll play nice for 3 years. I’ll buy one of these “LaCie approved” spare drives, and hopefully not more than one will fail on me in the 3-year span, because they are about $40 overpriced. All-in-all a great device.
November
2009
Convenience with Quicksilver
For the past few years I have been using Quicksilver for OS X, an application which has dramatically changed the way many people get things done on their Mac. Here are a few things you can do fairly easily (if you want to be as cool as me). Read more…
