Canon 5DMkII + Lightroom 2.4 = Slow...

Considering the filesizes this shouldn't be a surprise, but having using a Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4Ghz @ 3.2Ghz with 4 GB of RAM for 2 months, enough was enough.
I have recently cleaned out my data, exporting everything to a 1TB drive and clearing and doing a fresh install of Windows, plus I've not been doing much shooting lately and i've just been working along on my Core 2 Duo rig for the time being. Another factor you may want to consider is that I use dual screens, 2 x 22" 1680x1050 Xerox Screens, (PVA 8bit panels) and I've noticed that seems to effect performance a lot, e.g. having loads of thumbnails on one and the develop modual on the other. It does still save time though even though it can be a little laggy. Also, I use XP Pro x32 - why? I love it! I like the way XP works and how its structured and I've not been a big fan of Vista since I used the Longhorn Beta 1 back in ... 04/05? Although Windows 7 looks promising I always find myself spending way to much time looking at the pretty interface than I do actually doing anything useful! The Classic theme in 7 is gone (i think) and always looked stupid in Vista because of the icons and the way explorer works. I'm considering Windows XP x64 which I know is NOT supported by Lightroom 2.4 and Adobe CS4 but I might give a 30 day trial a go before I commit. I used Windows 7 x64 Pro for a couple days with Lightroom 2.4 x64 and didnt notice any huge difference in performance. I'd quite like to see the GPU get some work to do, especially since im upgrading to the NVIDIA GT300 chipset when it comes out in Feb-March time. Also my memory useage noramlly doesn't go over 1.2-1.5GB and on my PC normally im using 700-900MB for other apps/processes. I'll probably go to Windows 7 Pro x64 eventually if I've no other choice.
So you can get an idea of the hardware I'm working with here's my current specs.
ASUS P6T Workstation Pro
Intel Core i7 920 2.6GHz 8MB L2 Cache (Quad Core, Hyperthreaded, 8 Threads total @ 3.0GHz)
OCZ 6GB DDR3-1066MHz CL7 Tripple Channel
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 640MB (320bit Memory Bus)
On-board Marvell SAS controller
1 x SAS 140GB 15,500RPM (OS (XP Pro x32 + Apps)
1 x SAS 74GB 15,500RPM (Windows 7 testing, possibly migration)
Dell 5/ir PCI-Express 8x SAS Raid Card
2 x SAS 74GB 15,500RPM - Raid 0 (Scratch Disk for photoshop, Windows pagefile and Lightroom Cache (set at 100GB)
1 x SATA2 1000GB 7,200RPM - Old Archived Data [August 1st 2007 - August 1st 2009]
1 x E-SATA2 1000GB 7,200RPM - Empty
1 x SATA2 500GB 7,200RPM - Empty
1 x SATA2 500GB 7,200RPM - Empty
1 x SATA2 250GB 7,200RPM - Downloads
1 x SATA2 250GB 7,200RPM - Empty
Basically, what is the best way to configure Lightroom to exploit the speed of these SAS drives? I don't want to store my photos on them since i'll overflow to quickly and then have multiple catalogues. I also want 3 Catalogues, one for College, Work, Personal.
I am considering setting up the 2 x 500GBs in Raid 0 and using a 1TB as a backup of this (doing a backup to the 1TB as Lightroom imports) since the Raid 0 should improve the speed of the storage.
Anyone else got some suggestions before I go tinkering any more? Ideally love to have this clean and fresh for me starting college again on Monday. Thanks

On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 7:47 PM, DD_nVidia<[email protected]> said:
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Your last post was blank mate...Dunno if it was supposed to be or not, although i'd probably say not haha.
No, it's that moronic forum software they use here ...
I've just done a fresh install of windows and I'm sorting out the drives just now. I'm just gonna do the RAID inside Windows rather than a hardware level raid to avoid complications. Don't think it will impact speed to much. Plus even if the raid refuses to re-build or I lose the OS drive etc. I'll have the 1TB to restore from.
Software RAID is very much slower than hardware RAID, and uses more
CPU cycles. Can't say for certain, but it probably will slow your
system down, compared to using hardware RAID.
I'll get back to you after a week or so and let you all know how its going performance wise. Might save other people time who are considering this type of solution, providing they're crazy enough XD
This is what I sent last time:
I would not install a 64bit OS as an upgrade to a 32bit OS. I would
re-format the OS drive completely. Also, I don't know if Win7 will let
you upgrade like that; it might want a re-format. Since Win7 hasn't
been released to retail just yet (AFAIK), you're downloading it from
MSDN, right?
Michael J. Leone, <mailto:[email protected]>
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Rob Cole wrote:
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Warning: Not using this plugin developed by Rob Cole (thoroughly tested and officially released) may cost you lots of time, and exasperation, when processing large shoots of very hi-rez photos - this I guarantee.
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Bridge stops recognizing it's own .xmp files from Canon 5DMKIII

I use Bridge to add keywords to my RAW files. I use both a Canon 1D MKII and a Canon 5D MKIII camera. I use Canon's "Digital Photo Professional" (DPP) to process my RAW files because I prefer the colors (I am a picky perfectionist, so don't try and convince me to use ACR to process my RAW files!) When I make changes to my RAW files shot with the 5DMKIII in DPP and "save" the changes to the RAW files, Bridge suddenly doesn't recognize the file's associated .xmp file, and my keyword association is lost. If I simply open the file in TextEditor and re-save it, suddenly Bridge recognizes the file again. RAW images shot and processed with this same procedure from my Canon 1D MKII don't exhibit this problem.
This thread from a couple years ago is the same problem I am experiencing:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2933287#2933287
Is there any other solutions to this? I shoot several thousand images per weekend, and opening each file in TextEdit and saving is NOT an option!
Please help!
P.S., I'm using Bridge CS5.1 v 4.1.0.54

Wes Duenkel wrote:
I am a picky perfectionist, so don't try and convince me to use ACR to process my RAW files!
Birds of a feather you and I, except that (with the help of a very nice forum member here) I have actually managed to get the same color out of Camera Raw that I get from Canon, so that is now my default in Camera Raw. Unfortunately, we created a profile for a different camera than you have (I use a 40D), so it is not applicable for you. But I just wanted to comment to say that I know EXACTLY how you feel.
Sorry, I don't have much to offer re: help for your .xmp issue.
-Noel

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