Q: Other than LACIE?

The place where I work is in need of video storage outside of the Tower, and more than a mini external can provide. I've had names suggested to me. But I'm wondering if there is a better one technically that works better with Apple if that even applies.

We've had 2 Lacie drives flake out on us so we'd like to go another route.

So far these have been suggested and I'm going blank as I type this on all of them. But 2 are

Monster
Buffalo
Western Digital

Inside my Apple are Seagates. I know that Seagate is releasing a 3 TB internal drive. If it's affordable for the place I work, buying 3 of those would fix all storage issues we're having now. But if not I still have to find the best external storage option for video that gets kept for years.

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Posted on Jan 11, 2011 4:29 PM

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by David Harbsmeier,

David Harbsmeier Jan 11, 2011 7:11 PM in response to Adam The Texas Sicilian
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Jan 11, 2011 7:11 PM in response to Adam The Texas Sicilian

Here's a few:

http://www.macgurus.com/productpages/sata/sataguide_1.php

http://www.caldigit.com/products.asp

http://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-5pm/

-DH
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John F. Whitehead Jan 12, 2011 1:47 PM in response to Adam The Texas Sicilian
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Jan 12, 2011 1:47 PM in response to Adam The Texas Sicilian

Pay attention to what drive goes inside--often storage devices are cheap because they contain cheap drives.

I would only get disks rated for video or server use, and from the big reliable brands.
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Adam The Texas Sicilian Jan 12, 2011 2:15 PM in response to John F. Whitehead
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Jan 12, 2011 2:15 PM in response to John F. Whitehead

Many thanks John and David,
David, do you have a preference if you were in the situation? My manager now told me just to give him the name and numbers (cost) and he would try to get it ordered since I demonstrated the severity of the storage situation, or lack of, that we have right now.
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David Harbsmeier Jan 12, 2011 4:31 PM in response to Adam The Texas Sicilian
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Jan 12, 2011 4:31 PM in response to Adam The Texas Sicilian

I don't really have a preference on the enclosure, I've used one from each of the manufacturers I linkled above. But I do agree with John that you should populate the enclosure with server/enterprise class drives. I usually use these: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Hitachi/0A39289/

-DH
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John F. Whitehead Jan 14, 2011 7:14 AM in response to David Harbsmeier
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Jan 14, 2011 7:14 AM in response to David Harbsmeier

As for enclosures, I'd look at ones that are sold by video VARs--don't just get the cheapest generic box.
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