G-Raid or G-Sata for Uncompressed 8 bit ??

I'm looking to buy some reliable storage to do 2 streams of uncompressed 8 bit with my MBP 2.16 Ghz c2d. I'm not sure wether i should go with G-Raid 500 or G-Sata 500 and the Sonnet Express/34 combo ???
I've tested using my Lacie drive with FW800 into the macbook pro playing back 1-2 stream of uncompressed 8 bit video and the result was not bad but not 100 % reliable ( keep getting the drop frame window once in a while ). So at this point i was hoping the Sata route will be safer....any suggestions ??? Thanks.

Both work. The G-Raid can get up to 3 streams of uncompressed 8-bit, and I think the G-SATA can to, if not one more stream for four.
Shane

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