Hi everyone,
I'm switching to Windows after many years on Mac/Hackintosh machines for Davinci. This switch brings me a lot of anxiety and rises up many doubts.
One of these refers to my external RAIDs. I own two G-Speed 8-bays 48TB raid-5 Thunderbolt-2 units (an old Studio and a Shuttle) and they contain mainly large MLV files (Magic Lantern RAW videos). Both are HFS+ since they have worked with an Hackintosh up to now, but switching to a Windows machine implies some problems:
1. I'd format the raids with NTFS but I wonder if it's a “safe”/reliable filesystem (in comparison with HFS+), or there are better options for Windows? As another option, what if I maintain HFS+ and use MacDrive app on Windows to read/write the files? Would it be a reliable/heavy-duty solution?
2. If I choose to format the raids, I have firstly to transfer the raids files to a third empty new raid, but which filesystem for it? One option could be ExFAT (in order to transfer the files from the HFS+ raid to the ExFAT raid with a Macbook, then format HFS+ to NTFS with a Win machine and finally transfer the files back from the ExFAT raid to the NTFS raid). BUT THIS article says that ExFAT is NOT a reliable filesystem for this task and could run into data corruption. So another option could be use a Windows machine to format the new empty raid in NTFS, then use MacDrive app to transfer the files from the HFS+ to the new NTFS raid directly within Windows. But again, can I trust MacDrive for a 48TB transferring? Perhaps a third option could be using Clonezilla to backup files-only from an HFS+ raid to a NTFS raid (HERE)?
3. Could be useful to use some specific transfer app to safely transfer the files? And which app do you recommend? (Any free reliable option?) ROBOCOPY? TeraCopy? Ultracopier?
4. When I bought my two raids, they seemed to be the best “Mac oriented” option (thanks to the thunderbolt), but what about now on a Windows tower? Is a thunderbolt raid still the way to go for that storage amount, or there is other more “Windows suitable” options?
Many thanks in advance.
I'm switching to Windows after many years on Mac/Hackintosh machines for Davinci. This switch brings me a lot of anxiety and rises up many doubts.
One of these refers to my external RAIDs. I own two G-Speed 8-bays 48TB raid-5 Thunderbolt-2 units (an old Studio and a Shuttle) and they contain mainly large MLV files (Magic Lantern RAW videos). Both are HFS+ since they have worked with an Hackintosh up to now, but switching to a Windows machine implies some problems:
1. I'd format the raids with NTFS but I wonder if it's a “safe”/reliable filesystem (in comparison with HFS+), or there are better options for Windows? As another option, what if I maintain HFS+ and use MacDrive app on Windows to read/write the files? Would it be a reliable/heavy-duty solution?
2. If I choose to format the raids, I have firstly to transfer the raids files to a third empty new raid, but which filesystem for it? One option could be ExFAT (in order to transfer the files from the HFS+ raid to the ExFAT raid with a Macbook, then format HFS+ to NTFS with a Win machine and finally transfer the files back from the ExFAT raid to the NTFS raid). BUT THIS article says that ExFAT is NOT a reliable filesystem for this task and could run into data corruption. So another option could be use a Windows machine to format the new empty raid in NTFS, then use MacDrive app to transfer the files from the HFS+ to the new NTFS raid directly within Windows. But again, can I trust MacDrive for a 48TB transferring? Perhaps a third option could be using Clonezilla to backup files-only from an HFS+ raid to a NTFS raid (HERE)?
3. Could be useful to use some specific transfer app to safely transfer the files? And which app do you recommend? (Any free reliable option?) ROBOCOPY? TeraCopy? Ultracopier?
4. When I bought my two raids, they seemed to be the best “Mac oriented” option (thanks to the thunderbolt), but what about now on a Windows tower? Is a thunderbolt raid still the way to go for that storage amount, or there is other more “Windows suitable” options?
Many thanks in advance.