[MacDV] External hard drive for video work

[Allan]

Odd isn't it. I use 4 Lacie 800/400 at home and service a couple of  
labs with over 25 4oo Lacie drives between them. No problem at all.

Allan Johns


On 4 Dec 2006, at 00:38, Neil Poese wrote:

> Brett,
>
> I've used a variety of external FW400 drives over the years in my  
> high school Mac video lab. My most recent drives are a G-Drive  
> bought from B&H and a Promax drive. Both of them have been great  
> and seem to run cool. Absolutely stay away from LaCie.
>
> Neil Poese
>
> Brett Conlon wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm looking into purchasing a 400-500GB external drive for  
>> assisting me in doing my home (and maybe in the near future  
>> freelance) video work.
>>
>> I've been looking primarily at FW800 drives but these all come at  
>> a premium price. It'll be my Christmas present and funds are quite  
>> tight so I'm not able to openly "throw" cash at a solution. I'd  
>> like to go 500GB but think 400GB is going to be the more likely  
>> outcome cost-wise.
>>
>> In your experience is FW800 that much faster than FW400? Is anyone  
>> quite happily using USB2 drives for their video work, seeing that  
>> USB2 drives are more common and cheaper?
>>
>> I believe that you can't boot a G4/G5 off a USB2 drive (you can  
>> with Intel Macs) but that may not be such a big issue for me as I  
>> currently have a 120GB ext FW400 drive which I would use for those  
>> sorts of tasks.
>>
>> I've been told to avoid the LaCie drives as their failure rate is  
>> quite high. Any other drive recommendations, including raw drives  
>> if I end up purchasing drive & case separately?
>>
>> Your suggestions are most welcome!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Cojcolds
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