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Old 30-07-2008, 11:57 PM
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Question Which external drive for video editing? with sleep, low noise, fw800
I need external drive for video editing(HDV 1080i) and iPhoto,iTunes libraries.
It's not possible to check the drive before you bought it.

Please recommend what should I buy,
I need following parameters:

Must have:
  • Will spin down/sleep drives when not accessed!
  • Firewire 800

also important:
  • As quiet as it gets
  • Raid 0,1 (5,10 if possible)

I am looking at Taurus RAID dual bay case. anyone using it?
  • Does it spin down /sleep when not used?
  • Does it use that Chipset everyone talking about?
  • it has external power. Why I read that it's bad? I think it's better because it won't produce more fan noise to cool power transformer inside case.
  • It looks same as Iomega UltraMax. Is it same/rebranded enclosure? (that one has terrible reviews at Apple Store (Australia))
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Old 31-07-2008, 12:13 AM
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what codec and resolution are your video source files?

ie what data rate do you require?
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Old 31-07-2008, 12:38 AM
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If you want quiet, I do *not* recommend the Western Digital Studio range of drives. I have a 2TB model and it's very noisy. Seemingly at random, it will just ramp up its fan and be incredibly loud.
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what codec and resolution are your video source files?

ie what data rate do you require?
HDV, 1080i
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