- Recommendation - External Hard Drive
- Posted by U. U. on March 1st, 2005
Since this group deals with huge files, I'll bet you know which external
hard drive to buy. My priority is reliabilty, I want one that doesn't
overheat as I have heard that is a problem with mahy external USB or
Firewire drives. I use Windows XP home.
Thank you.
Ule
- Posted by transfer@dvs2000.com on March 1st, 2005
We transfer Movies all day long we use
http://www.xpcgear.com/fe740120gb.html
works good for us until we get the gigabit network installed the only
problem, is firewire a and b and usb 1.0 and 2.0 are both slow compared
to a fast network
but the drive works daily, 12 hours a day
U. U. wrote:
- Posted by Moe Belli on March 1st, 2005
I've been in the habit of buying inexpensive but good quality dual
USB/firewire enclosures (with fans of course) and just inserting Maxtor
or WD IDEE drives. Cheap solution and I've never had a problem with this
system for DV editing.
U. U. wrote:
- Posted by Moe Hair on March 2nd, 2005
Moe Belli <moebelli@rogers.ca> wrote in news:CMOdney3A7nyZLnfRVn-
gA@rogers.com:
Where do you buy just the enclosures? Newegg or Tiger Direct? Or do you
check Pricewatch.com?
Secondly, when you insert the internal IDE's, do you have an IDE cable
coming out of your box or do you have some sort of IDE/USB adapter?
- Posted by Donald Link on March 2nd, 2005
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:56:14 GMT, "U. U." <uubonfig@hotmail.com>
wrote:
I do not know where you have heard of externals overheating, but as
long as you buy a reliable external case with a power supply and a
fan, you should have no problems. I have used the MP-320 Series from
Micro plus, inc. which has both a firewire and usb 2 connection and
the case comes with all the needed hardware. If you use just usb 2
they are a little cheaper. Best price on the web and the shipping
costs are cheap for multi purchases. I have nothing to do with these
people other than this is the most reasonable price and quality I have
found. Even cheaper than Ebay without the shipping rip offs that
Ebays has.
http://www.pcmicrostore.com/PartDeta...x?q=p:10500977
- Posted by don on March 2nd, 2005
How does the performance of these usb drives compare to ide? Do you
tend to get more "skipped frames" when doing capture or is usb2 fast
enough and no latency problems? I was thinking/hoping that this would
be a nice out instead of putting another harddrive in the case.
Currently my video data is all on the same drive as my software and
honestly I can't say that I've experienced problems until I let it get
like 90% full.
Tks
don
Donald Link wrote:
- Posted by Steve King on March 2nd, 2005
"don" <nospam@wtez.net> wrote in message
news:38m6c3F5pu084U1@individual.net...
dropped frames using either fire-wire or USB2. I use smaller external
drives (120 GB) formatted for Mac (I use PC in my studio) to archive
projects completed by my editor on FCP. That means that I can go back to
the project and implement changes/updates without reloading any media. Just
pick up the project on the time-line, where we left off. Although I haven't
tried this, I intend to format an external drive on the PC, then see if the
MAC will read and write to it. I'm told that it will work seamlessly. That
gives me the option of convenient access on my PCs to common file types
(AVI/MPEG/AIFF) saved on the drive by my editor.
Steve King
- Posted by Big Bill on March 2nd, 2005
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 09:23:30 GMT, Moe Hair <mohair@nospam.com> wrote:
Here's one place; Outpost.com is Frys Electronics online precence:
http://shop4.outpost.com/%7BQiY59qHwjuBKoBx8rpsJo1j4ahwTls16XCUaSWDMbcLOqQ6 QbpTc|-8485414304048778876/184095273/6/7001/7001/7002/7002/7001/-1|-5037127543899519873/184095272/6/7001/7001/7002/7002/7001/-1|1109801462320%7D/search?search_type=regular&sqxts=1&query_string=ex ternal+hard+drive+enclosures&cat=&submit.x=0&submi t.y=0
or:
http://tinyurl.com/5d2la
The external case will have either/or both USB 2.0 and Firewire ports.
The drive case will have an IDE connector and a power connector to
plug into the drive. The case (for 3.5" drives) will also have a power
supply included.
--
Bill Funk
Change "g" to "a"
- Posted by Neil Maxwell on March 3rd, 2005
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 15:13:58 -0700, Big Bill <bill@pipping.com> wrote:
Also note that some cases have the supply built in and the AC power
plugs directly into them, while others have wall-warts or inline power
supplies and a jack that plugs into the case. Depending on your app,
you may want one or the other.
--
Neil Maxwell - I don't speak for my employer
- Posted by Moe Hair on March 4th, 2005
don <nospam@wtez.net> wrote in news:38m6c3F5pu084U1@individual.net:
I bought an 80 gig Maxtor about 2 years ago and never had a problem with
it. It's not as fast as an IDE drive of course, but it serves the purpose.
This is a fantastic thread. I never thought of buying the enclosure with
an internal IDE! Basically, it's the same thing that Maxtor is doing.
For $30, I could have the case, and for another $65 or so after rebate, I
could have a 200 gig internal Western or Seagate IDE drive converted into a
portable external drive. $95 for all that portable storage! What's the
point of burning CD or DVD backups! It's much easier to search and catalog
hard drives.
Kudos to Moe Belli!
- Posted by Jeffery S. Jones on March 9th, 2005
On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 05:03:05 GMT, Moe Hair <mohair@nospam.com> wrote:
If you can handle the assembly, which is no harder than putting in
an internal drive (maybe even easier), this is the way to do it. The
drives themselves are very cheap, and the enclosures aren't expensive
either.
USB2 or Firewire speed is almost as fast as an internal drive. The
speed of the interface is faster than the drive itself, so the only
other issue is whatever overhead the system imposes for the interface.
In any case, it is way faster than what DV capture requires, which is
all that matters.
--
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