hi,
i'm searching for a real good, fast and stable external harddrive with up to 200gb storage.
any hints?
External Harddrive
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continuity-B
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Build your own.
Get an internal drive, get a suitable caddy (also called enclosure) for it with firewire (orSATA) connection, stick the drive, hook up to your lappy and bob's your uncle.
That way you have the pick of the actual drive you want rather than the one you get in an off the peg external drive. Recommend you get a caddy which is fan cooled since your drive will be going like the clappers for resolume.
Just google words like EXTERNAL DRIVE ENCLOSURE FIREWIRE, not sure where abouts you are in the world but http://www.ebuyer.com is agood place to start.
There's also the 'miglia dualdisc' which is an external raid drive array but I don't know too much about it.
Get an internal drive, get a suitable caddy (also called enclosure) for it with firewire (orSATA) connection, stick the drive, hook up to your lappy and bob's your uncle.
That way you have the pick of the actual drive you want rather than the one you get in an off the peg external drive. Recommend you get a caddy which is fan cooled since your drive will be going like the clappers for resolume.
Just google words like EXTERNAL DRIVE ENCLOSURE FIREWIRE, not sure where abouts you are in the world but http://www.ebuyer.com is agood place to start.
There's also the 'miglia dualdisc' which is an external raid drive array but I don't know too much about it.
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ichmirmich
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continuity-B
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firewire 800 is very fast (800mbps, twice normal firewire), youl probably need a firewire800 pcmcia card to connect it but they're not much. Just depends on how reliable the actual drive is, search for reviews of it.
Sounds very good though.
http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/sto ... 215,00.htm
Sounds very good though.
http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/sto ... 215,00.htm
This is the fastest, best-looking external hard drive we've tested to date, with FireWire 800 performance that's as cheap as its slower mainstream competition.
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ichmirmich
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activstudios
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Firewire Drive
I have the Maxtor OneTouch II 250GB Firewire/USB2
It works great!! I tried Resolume on my IDE drives and it could not cope with three layers, but as soon as I used the Maxtor it ran as fast as ever!!!
I also purchased a three port firewire card
10/10 Highly recomended!!
It works great!! I tried Resolume on my IDE drives and it could not cope with three layers, but as soon as I used the Maxtor it ran as fast as ever!!!
I also purchased a three port firewire card
10/10 Highly recomended!!
I'll tell you one I do NOT recomend:
I bought a Freecom FHD-3 250Gb drive which drives me nuts.
It's so damn noisy! The fan sounds like an angry wasp in a tin can.
Not a problem at gigs but whenever I'm working at home I just want to smother the thing.
It's odd because I own three other freecom drives (classic HD) and they are all whisper quiet.
I guess I just wanted someone to complain to
thanks for listening.
I bought a Freecom FHD-3 250Gb drive which drives me nuts.
It's so damn noisy! The fan sounds like an angry wasp in a tin can.
Not a problem at gigs but whenever I'm working at home I just want to smother the thing.
It's odd because I own three other freecom drives (classic HD) and they are all whisper quiet.
I guess I just wanted someone to complain to
thanks for listening.