When using an external hard drive RAID which connection will provide the best performance for VIDEO EDITING?
I know USB 3 has up to 5Gbits/s but is it the best option when editing video?
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), 27 inch; 2.66 GHz Intel Core i5
Allan,
I have a question, I thought the Thunderbolt to FW connector limits the speed to FW 400 speeds, am I wrong?
It is my understanding that it limits to FW800 as long as everything on the FireWire side is FW800.
If anything on the FireWire side is FW400 then everything slows down to FW400.
Allan
That video shows copying files but not the performance when editing video. Anyone know?
I read that USB 3 has great burst rates of data but isn't built for continuous data transfer than video editing requires, so FireWire 800 is a better connection when editing video because it is built for continuous data flow.
Can anyone confirm or deny that?
Firewire 800 is best for connecting your scratch disk in video editing.
Thunderbolt would be best, but if your drives or enclodure doesnt have it then go with FW800
Thanks, Tchamaco. Where did you get that information from?
Can anyone confirm what Tchamaco said?
Interesting read. I still have not seen anything as to if using FireWire 800 is better when editing video vs using USB 3.
Anyone else know?
Since your iMac dosen't and will not do USB 3.0, why do you need to know this?
FW800 drives are plenty fast enough for serious video work.
Much Faster than USB 2.0 which is what your iMac has, also.
Since your iMac dosen't and will not do USB 3.0, why do you need to know this?
Because I am looking at purchasing another external hard drive and the one I was looking at [1TB RAID 0 (performance stripe)] does not have USB 3, just eSATA, FW800, FW400 and USB 2.0. Then there was another, non RAID, hard drive that has USB 3 in addition to the other connections.
Mercury Elite Pro Performance 7200RPM RAID
I am trying to decide between the two and just preparing for when I update my desktop in the next couple years.
I looked at Thunderbolt Drives as well as SSD but being a student in college, I can not afford either of those options right now.
There is a way to make any cheap USB2 or USB3 drive work fast with a Thunderbolt "adapter" from Seagate.
I did it for myself. See how http://youtu.be/1Aa3BXmQVpc
THe Seagate "adapter" is not really cheap but with it any Hard disc can be on TB with only a little work.
Clever solution!
Thanks. I am happy with it and I have already "worked" 5 Hard Drives.
I am carefull on connecting them. In my opinion the life expectation of their Sata connectors could be not very long. The were designed for a stable installation more than for swapping. But Seagate sells a system with their disc which are the same as mine.
Which is your opinion ?
FireWire 800 vs USB 3?
