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  External Drive for Symphony 6 running on macbook pro

  Posted by Shawn Gaiero on May 7, 2012 at 3:45 am

  I am currently looking for a fast external drive that is compatible with Symphony 6.
  I’m running it on a macbook pro (2.4GHZ i7). I’m looking purely for speed as I will have a separate Backup drive.

  Is thunderbolt a viable option? If so, what brands? Or, is e-sata still the preferred external storage?

  Thanks in advance.

  Shawn Gaiero replied 14 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Andrew Mckee

  May 7, 2012 at 8:05 am

  If you have thunderbolt, go thunderbolt. Avid recognises any locally connected drives. Network drives need some jigger pokery. I have always had success with G-Tech drives and they have just launched a range of thunderbolts. When you say fast, how fast do you mean it needs to be? Reading DNxHD185, or uncompressed HD, or 4k Raw?

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  Shawn Gaiero

  May 7, 2012 at 2:42 pm

  Andrew,

  I’ll most likely be using DNxHD185 but would like the option to connect to Red files via AMA, although It’s probably wishful thinking on my part.

  Thanks for the quick response, I really appreciate it.

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