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Moving 300+GB from PC to Powermac
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Hi all,
A quick question. I have a large film project on my PC with over 300GB of media files, and I'm trying to figure out the best way to move all that data. The reasons for the move are two-fold: I just bought a Powermac to replace my main editing workstation, and the irreplaceable media is stored on a 400GB Raid-0 array. I've spent hundreds of hours on this project with no safety net. If one of the drives dies, it's all gone.
My option, as I see it, is to add a 500GB drive to the Powermac to be used as the media drive. That way the data would exist in two places, at least. I can't afford to build a redundant array large enough ($1000+ with two 500GB drives and ridiculously expensive PCIe RocketRaid) to house the whole movie.
What is the best way to move this much data from the PC to the Mac? IP over Firewire? Format the 500GB drive as FAT32, put it in the PC, copy the data over, and then install it in the Mac?
Thanks so much.
Martin
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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AFAIK Apple's and MS's IPover1394 implementations are incompatible.
I'd format the drive as FAT32 in your Mac, put it in your PC, copy the data, and then put it back in your Mac.
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If you've got a 1000/100/10 ethernet card in the PC, just copy it over the network. Set it up overnight, and it'll be done in the morning. Simple, easy, and a way for you to do periodic backups in the future.
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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Originally Posted by mduell
AFAIK Apple's and MS's IPover1394 implementations are incompatible.
I'd format the drive as FAT32 in your Mac, put it in your PC, copy the data, and then put it back in your Mac.
Um, that is probably not suitable. FAT32 won't allow files larger than 4Gb. From the sounds of it (media files) there are probably files larger than 4Gb.
The network thing is better. Do it overnight. If your PC doesn't have Gigabit Ethernet, you should be able to pick one up for 20USD more or less. This will speed things up some.
Also, you could get two 300Gb+ drives for the Mac and software RAID them (level 1) in OSX. For extra speed you can use serial ATA. This should cost in the region of 500USD (about 140USD for a 320Gb drive, and about 60USD for a Mac SATA card). The overhead for RAID 1 isn't that much.
If you just want redundancy, then it would be cheaper/easier to get an external firewire drive. or set up a RAID on the PC.
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