internal drive reccos?

internal drive reccos?

by todd heyman

on Jan 17, 2013 at 6:33:55 pm

running fcp 7 on a mid 2010 macpro 2 x 2.4 ghz quad core intel xenon with 24g RAM.. Graphics ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB

i need to add an internal drive for media storage. i figured 2 or 3 TB.

any suggestions?

thanks!

Todd

Re: internal drive reccos?

by Neil Patience

on Jan 17, 2013 at 7:41:52 pm

I would look at something like the Hitachi Deskstar 7200 rpm, I have had a couple of these in a software raid in my MacPro running for over a year without issue.
Or the Seagate Barracuda 7200, or Western Digital Caviar Black 7200 should both be worth a look.

I think they are all available as 2TB or 3TB depending on how much you want to spend, a single drive wont give you massive speed but will be fine for a stream or 2 of ProRes HD

best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv

Re: internal drive reccos?

by todd heyman

on Jan 17, 2013 at 7:59:49 pm

thanks neil -thats great because i just ordered this:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004CSIG1G/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

Re: internal drive reccos?

by Neil Patience

on Jan 18, 2013 at 4:13:49 pm

Yes that should do you nicely, it is incredible how cheap storage has become. I remember paying £1,500 for a 9GiG Avid Hard Drive !

best wishes
Neil
http://www.patience.tv

Re: internal drive reccos?

by todd heyman

on Jan 18, 2013 at 4:42:24 pm

and a syquest drive was the largest storage space ;)
thanks again neil
cheers