New Workstation HD setup

Due to the processing impact of upgrading to CS3, I'm going to spend a couple of dozen hours buildling a new one. I'm requesting feedback to the HD setup. Here is what I'm thinking for HD setup (Q6600 Quad, 4gb Mem,Gigabyte MoB):
Option 1:
OS/Programs : 500gb SATA2
Video Files: Matrix RAID on 2 500gb SATA2
Scratch Files: Rapture 150 10k drive
Option2:
My original thought was to put the Rapture as OS/Programs, raid two of the 500gb, and use the third 500gb for data storage and backup. Kind've afraid of running out of space on the 150gb OS/Prog rapture
Thoughts? Drives are already purchased. I also can put in a current PATA 400gb for storage/backup. Thanks in advance

Thanks. Not working with High Def yet. I keep waiting for my video camera to go bad but it just won't die. Kind've like my wife is hopeing the washer crokes (but I keep finding a way to fix it).
Actualy, the Raptor might be like a religious experience once I get Sit.
I just want to set it up optimal and not have to change it. I leaning on the rapture for OS/Progs and still Matrix Raid for Media and exports, and then 3rd 500gb for scratch.

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Hey guys,
I'm planning to build/upgrade to a new workstation and just wanted to have some input, especially regarding the GPU.
Working hours with PR AE PS LR is quite balanced.
Setup at the moment (considering a pricerange of aproximately 1100€) , would be the following:
Windows 7 Pro
Adobe CC
CPU:
Intel Xeon E3 1245 v3 + Alpenföhn Brocken 2
Mainboard:
Gigabyte GA-Z87-UD5H
RAM:
32 GB Crucial Ballistix Sport 4x8GB 1600MHz CL9
Power Supply:
BE-QUIET! Pure Power L8 730W CM
GPU:
Nvidia Geforce 660 Ti 2GB
or
Nvidia Geforce760 2GB/4GB (does GPU ram really make a difference for videoediting or is it just marketing?)
or
Nvidia Geforce770 2GB/4GB
Drives:
250GB SSD Samsung 840 for System
250GB SSD Samsung 840 Pro for Media-Cache / VRAM
1TB Common Data (bckp to ext HDD 1)
1TB Projectfiles (bckp to ext HDD 1)
4TB RAID0 (via Mainboard) Videofiles (bckp to ext HDD 2)
2TB Workfiles (Audiofiles, prebuild fx, Libraries etc.) (bckp to ext HDD 3)
2TB Renderfiles
2TB Photos (bckp to ext HDD 3)
Drives for RAID 0, Workfiles and Renderfiles are placed in a backplane case with individual powerswitches to save Disklife while I'm not working.
It would be nice to get some suggestions for this setup.
Thanks & Have a good day!
Rufus

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New workstation - what to keep and what to buy?

Hi
At last I´m about to buy a whole new workstation. I mainly eidt AVCHD files from my Panasonic HMC 151.
My 2 year "old" PC is a i7 920 with 12 GB ram and 2 X 1,5 TB harddisks (SATA/3 GB/s). I bought a FX 3800 graphics card to upgrade the PC.
I have thought about just upgrading to fx i7 970, but I have other issues besides from CPU speed. I´m getting tired of slow editting, noisy fans and powersupply, bad playback (hacks and stuttering), mysterious hangs and crashes inside PPro CS5 etc. and do not know if I should just buy a brand new Workstation or maybe try to keep some of the best things from my old PC and put it into the new one?
What I am looking at right now is the following. I guess it will give me a boost in perfromance, be more noiseless because heat is not as big an issue:
Intel® Core™ i7-2600 4x3,40GHz (Turbo 3.80GHz)
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nVidida Quadro 2000
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Maybe a Kingston Hyperx 120GB SSD Sata3 (Solid State Disk) for system? Worth the money - or should I waiut and see if its fast enough allready?
I´m in doubt if I should keep the quadro Pro 2000, use my almost new 1000$ FX3800 and save some money or maybe downgrade the 2000 Pro with e GTX 570 and use the FX 3800 in my old PC as a spare system? I could also downgrade even more to a GTX 550 and then put that card in my old PC and my FX 3800 into the new workstation?
I´m also in doubt wich harddisks to choose - are , wich RAID and if I should use SSD for system or not?
Basicly all I need (and want) is a system with an acceptable noisellevel (> 25-30 db would be nice) and wich is able to give me a smooth and funny videoeditting experience.
Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thx in advance guys!
Morten

Hi Scott
Thank you for quick reply ;-)
So you think I should drop my FX 3800 or??? What about the GTX 570? It is not very expensive and is supported by Adobe as i recall it?
Sorry about the RAM confussion - you are right - I did forget I was talking about a new MOBO.
I have thought about the 980, but I think it vwill be to noisy for me - and it is quite expenssive as well. What would be the benefits from choosing the 980 over the i7-2600? I guess the number of cores?
Finally - wich HDD shuold I choose - I´m not to much into RAID - had some very bad experiences with that in the late 90´es and have not yet recovered from the loss ;-(
How would you do if you should make a RAID +0 setup - and think about heat and noise - i think HDDs are noisy - the quicker the noiser - or am I all wrong here?
Thx again!

New Company Code Setup in existing System.

Hi Experts,
My client has approx 10 company codes and all are working fine. Now the client has acquired a new business and wants to create new company code in SAP R/3. The client has said that I have to copy the entire business processes designed for a particular company code in sap. FICO, MM, SD, CS, IM & PM are implemented here. Now here starts my querries related to this new requirement:
1. Is there any short way to create the new company code with all functionalities of a target company code or I have to go to each and every steps and do the customisation for new company code.
2. Regarding master data, how to copy the material master, vendor, customer GL etc to the new company code from the target company code.
3.What are the precautions which I should take care of during the new company code setup.
4. Your advise as how to go ahead for this.
Rgds,
BABA

Hi Shailesh,
I think my approach is as follows:
1. Generally, the tables in the sap are client dependent, client independent, company code dependent, country dependent, user defined code depedent.
So, when you use the copy function of the company, most of the company code dependent tables will get copied. The client dependent, client independent are how ever common for all the company codes in the client.
You need to work seperately on the country dependent tables and code dependent tables. Check the most of the tax configuration settings are country dependent. If the new company code is outside of the existing company codes countries, you need to focus on this.
If you find this is difficult in understanding the tables, talk to your ABAPer...
2. Regarding master datas - you need to create at the company code level.
3. The extensive unit and integration tests will help you alot.
Hope this helps you.
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We have CS5 installed on a workstation, we have the products registered with Adobe. We are going to be replacing this workstation and reinstalling CS5 on the new workstation. Do I need to unregister the product in order to be able to reinstall it on a n

We have CS5 installed on a workstation, we have the products registered with Adobe. We are going to be replacing this workstation and reinstalling CS5 on a new workstation. Do I need to unregister the product to be able to install it on the new workstation. If so, how do I do this?
Thanks

you should deactivate (help>deactivate) that installation on the old workstation. then download and install on your new work station using your serial number. (ie, make sure you can find your serial number - if you need help with this, let us know.)
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New Workstation - System and Storage Critique Please

Hi. I'm finalizing a new workstation config and would appreciate your advice.   Since I'm not a photo/video pro, this workstation will be used for multiple purposes:
Video Editing (CS3 now; CS5 when released)
Photo Editing (CS3 now; CS5 when released)
Sotftware Development
Stock data processing (custom app, processing daily data)
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Below is my system config.   I'd appreciate any feedback that you have on the config, especially the disk config with an eye towards getting decent performance for editing AVCHD (w/Premiere) and still images (w/PhotoShop).
To limit upfront expenses, I'm thinking software RAID 0 instead of hardware RAID.   A nightly (or more often) file backup would copy files to a Backup Drive.   A weekly backup would copy files over our network to a small server.   As projects becames stale, they would be copied to a removable archive disk (currently 500Gb).
Some specific questions:
I understand that Hardware RAID is better than software RAID.   If I start with a software RAID now, will there be any issues with upgrading to a Hardware RAID (like an Areca ARC-1210)?
As you can see below, I'm thinking of moving the Paging File to a separate disk. I'm thinking of a 150Gb Raptor or maybe an older 80Gb disk that I have laying around.   Does this disk have to be fast?
I've seen several comments about buying WD RE4 (WE2003FYYS) disks are better for RAID that WD Caviar Black.   Are the RE4 cost effective for amateur use?
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CPU                            Core I7-920 (OC’d to 3.8Ghz)
CPU Cooler                 CORSAIR Water Cooling - Hydro Series CWCH50-1
Mainboard                   ASUS P6X58D Premium
Memory                       12 GB Mushkin Enhanced Redline DDR3 1600
Video Card                  nVidia GeForce 9600 GT
Power Supply              CORSAIR 850W
Disk Controller            Intel ICH10R controller (6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports) w/ RAID 0,1,5,10
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Paging File Disk          WD 150GB Raptor or maybe old 80Gb disk
Backup Storage          1X Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB
Removable Archive     1x 500Gb
Other Disk                   Maxtor 6Y200P0 200Gb (currently owned, but not sure what to do with it
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- Video Capture
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My new workstation is performing much worse than expected in the PPBM5 test as compared to other computers with the same or very similar components (i7-930 no O.C., 24GM RAM, P6X58D Premium motherboard, EVGA GTX 470 graphics card and PremPro 5.0.2).
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Bill -
Thank you!
Creating a second user account did the trick. It also allowed me to see what I had done to reduce the effectiveness of Premiere Pro in the first place. I mistakenly added Microsoft Office and a couple of other programs to the new workstation in the belief that if I did not have them open when I used Premiere Pro their presence would not impact the program. Wrong!
I set up the new account on the workstation with only those Adobe programs on the taskbar which I would use in conjunction with Premiere Pro. When I re-ran the PPBM5 test yet again the resutls were far better:
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MPE OFF: 130, 45, 95, 126 for a total of 396
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I have created two new test 2012 R2 servers for AD, I can join my workstation to the Domain, login with an AD user and mount the shared drive from the fileserver, create files etc, everything works.
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Hi,
Just pulled the trigger on a Mac Pro 3gh, 4gb, ATI 1900. I am going to that from a dual 1.42 quicksilver and had some questions.
It seems migration assistant may not be the best way to go. Is this true, should I reinstall everything? Is it possible to drag and drop apps to the new machine?
Is it possible to get mail info from another machine to the new one? I have an iMac at home that I have been using Mail with and would like all the email addresses on the new machine at work. My old setup, I was still using Enterouge (sp) and would like to use Mail like at home.
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A Basic Guide for Migrating to Intel-Macs
If you are migrating a PowerPC system (G3, G4, or G5) to an Intel-Mac be careful what you migrate. Keep in mind that some items that may get transferred will not work on Intel machines and may end up causing your computer's operating system to malfunction.
Rosetta supports "software that runs on the PowerPC G3 or G4 processor that are built for Mac OS X". This excludes the items that are not universal binaries or simply will not work in Rosetta:
Classic Environment, and subsequently any Mac OS 9 or earlier applications
Screensavers written for the PowerPC
System Preference add-ons
All Unsanity Haxies
Browser and other plug-ins
Contextual Menu Items
Applications which specifically require the PowerPC G5
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Java applications with JNI (PowerPC) libraries
See also What Can Be Translated by Rosetta.
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Intel In Macs
Apple Guide to Universal Applications
MacInTouch List of Compatible Universal Binaries
MacInTouch List of Rosetta Compatible Applications
MacUpdate List of Intel-Compatible Software
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~/Library/Application Support/iCal (copy the whole folder)
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~/Library/Keychains (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist (This is a very important file which contains all email account settings and general mail preferences.)
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~ / Library/Safari (copy the whole folder)
~/ Pictures/iPhoto Library
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~/Library/Application Support/WebFoundation/HTTPCookies.plist
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