Disk -Volume formatting - basic question ...
Hi, it's been awhile since i've formatted a drive and wondered if
someone could just clarify a couple of things. On my 2007 Imac
2.16/Intel Core 2 Duo which I use for audio production, I am running
10.5.8 and an application that calls for a dedicated external firewire
drive to use as my "record-to" disk, independent of the internal HD
on which the application resides.
The recommended formatting for the external (which is a 1TB 7200/16MB
Cache Lacie) for this application, is simply HFS+ -- What I did was
format it via Disk Utility as "Mac OS Extended-Journaled" - I also
did not partition the drive.
Firstly, is OS Extended Journaled - the same as HFS+ ?
I just am double checking because there seems a bit of a lag time between
commands (edits and such) within this audio application, and reaction of
the external FW drive.
I cannot run FW 800 speed though this HD is capable yet 400 should be
fine... Also, a bit off-subject but might it be more efficient if I
partitioned the external into smaller segments and dedicated, say a 60 to
80G volume for the audio application? (I don't need much more than that-
the external isn't for storage - more to serve as a 'scratch disk' and
files are created only temporarily in the course of a given production).
Thanks for any thoughts,
Mike
someone could just clarify a couple of things. On my 2007 Imac
2.16/Intel Core 2 Duo which I use for audio production, I am running
10.5.8 and an application that calls for a dedicated external firewire
drive to use as my "record-to" disk, independent of the internal HD
on which the application resides.
The recommended formatting for the external (which is a 1TB 7200/16MB
Cache Lacie) for this application, is simply HFS+ -- What I did was
format it via Disk Utility as "Mac OS Extended-Journaled" - I also
did not partition the drive.
Firstly, is OS Extended Journaled - the same as HFS+ ?
I just am double checking because there seems a bit of a lag time between
commands (edits and such) within this audio application, and reaction of
the external FW drive.
I cannot run FW 800 speed though this HD is capable yet 400 should be
fine... Also, a bit off-subject but might it be more efficient if I
partitioned the external into smaller segments and dedicated, say a 60 to
80G volume for the audio application? (I don't need much more than that-
the external isn't for storage - more to serve as a 'scratch disk' and
files are created only temporarily in the course of a given production).
Thanks for any thoughts,
Mike
G4 Dual Boot 1.25 MDD, TiBookG4, IbookG3, older PMacs, Mac OS 9.2.x, OS 9.2.2. + Tibook-OSX 10.39, Ibook 10.39