On 6/1/07 1:55 PM, "HKC" <hkc@surfpost.dk> wrote: > Hi, I have a G5 PCI-X 2.3 and I think I have to buy another hard drive. Since > I already have two internal ones I guess firewire is the only way to go. > I have just checked prices and I can see the the best price (in Denmark) per > GB is the 1 TB LaCie Big Disk Extreme. > Does anybody have an opinion on this subject, and furthermore what about all > the issues that people were having with UAD1, Powercore and PCI soundcards (I > have the old 9652) when firewire hardware was added. Is that still an issue. > I would like to use this drive for all my samples (and as a fast backup for > the audio drive). > My studio is a fulltime one so even small problems could be quite embarrassing > if it means blue screens (oh yes I used to be on windows) or the Mac > equivalent "Logic has unexpectedly quit" messages. > I had a LaCie die on me. Lost enough data even with backups to not trust them again. The drives that I think do the trick and are quite a bit more robust for audio and video are Other World Computing¹s Mercury Elite series and Glyph. OTWs are very well priced, Glyphs are a little more expensive, but keep in mind, if you¹re doing audio recording and playback, plus sample playback, you¹re really working your drives. I wouldn¹t be so quick to look for the cheapest drive I could buy. I¹d spend a little more and be looking for quality. How much would it cost you if you lost 1T of data? And, how do you back up 1T of data without another 1T drive? I use SCSI for video and have lost 3 Seagate Cheetahs along the way. I was told by an exec at Western Digital that using a multimedia drive for more than a year is taking a bet without terrific odds. My (totally backed up) Glyph is over five years old and still going strong. James