external drives

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external drives

We're going to be cutting some Pro Res Hi Def material via a firewire external drive. I've compiled a short list of some drives I found and was wondering if any of you would object to any of these drives or you could recommend some to me. ny manufacturers that are good or ones i should stay away from? I'm looking for RAID capability also.

[http://shop4.frys.com/product/5532920?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN RSLTPG]

[http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8853859&type=product&id=120916606 8695 ]

[http://www.nextag.com/LaCie-1TB-7200-RPM-551373638/prices-html?nxtg=2f980a1c052 6-D90B312DFA220DD0 ]

[http://shop4.frys.com/product/5518460?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN RSLTPG]

gracias!

2 x 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Jun 26, 2008 12:04 PM

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Answer 1

Drew13

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Jun 26, 2008 12:08 PM in response to budakhan

There were some threads discussing good drives for HD that may be worth poking around in for recommendations

http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?objID=c123&search=Go&q=external+drives

Something that is a RAID 0 is a good start

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Answer 2

budakhan Author

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Jun 26, 2008 12:51 PM in response to Drew13

thanks. but i'm not seeing any references in these posts to RAID and mirroring.

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Answer 3

gogiangigo

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Jun 26, 2008 1:07 PM in response to budakhan

Hi Buda,
If you are cutting ProRes I'd suggest eSATA drives (WD are no good for such task nor consistent as drive to use as scratch disk) here my suggestions:

http://www.CalDigit.com/S2VRDuo.asp
http://www.g-technology.com/Products/Products.cfm
http://www.g-technology.com/Products/G-SPEED-eS.cfm
http://www.dulcesystems.com/html/products.html
http://www.CalDigit.com/S2VRHD.asp

Some of the drives above mentioned or which you can find details of in the links can be configured as RAID 0 for speed or 1 for more safety.

Take a look,

G.

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