Setup guide

34 • Avid|DS
Chapter 3 • System Overview
Disk Subsystem
In a standard configuration, one Low-Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS)
SCSI disk drive is installed in the base unit, and eight LVDS disk drives are
installed in the Avid MediaDock LVD. The system disk drive is formatted with
three partitions for storing operating system files, project files, and audio files.
The Avid MediaDock LVD drives are formatted as a striped set for video
file storage.
Disk striping is a hardware capability that speeds up data I/O from disk
storage. The workstation divides the data into pieces, and spreads the pieces
across the disks in the striped set. Because the workstation transfers data to
multiple drives in smaller chunks than would be transferred to a single drive,
the data transfer rate is accelerated. The Adaptec 39160 adapter handles data
I/O for the video storage drives.
The following table summarizes disk drive information for a standard
configuration:
Drive Label Size Contents Format
C: System 6 GB partition of primary system disk Operating system
software
NT File System (NTFS)
D: Video storage
•8 disk drives striped (HD systems)
•4 disk drives striped (standard
definition versions of Avid|DS with
Avid MediaDock LVD storage)
•8 disk drives striped (standard
definition versions of Avid|DS with
Fibre Channel storage)
Video files NTFS
F: Projects Approximately 11 GB partition of
primary system disk
Audio and
project-related files
NTFS
Z: DVD-ROM - - -