• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  eSata caddy and FCP

  Posted by Jack Burnford on February 15, 2013 at 5:26 pm

  Does anyone use external sata drives in a caddy to edit onto in FCP?

  I am gathering a lot of footage and want a cheapish way of adding hard drives as and when i need more space.

  A caddy seems like quite a good idea as i can get a thunderbolt version for my MBP and then a FW800 for my older iMac and can upgrade the connection as and when.

  Most of the time i use a G Raid to store rushes, FCP Project online, H264 originals on a back up drive. My back up drive is filling up so time to move on – this is the sort of caddy i mean:

  https://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Drives-Docking-Station-ST0014U/dp/B002MUYOLW

  Thoughts very welcome!

  Thanks

  Alex Bunke replied 13 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Alex Bunke

  February 19, 2013 at 8:52 pm

  We use these a ton at work; I’ve got 3 hooked up via a SATA card to my Mac Pro–swap drives out constantly, etc. Rarely have issues.
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  Jack Burnford

  February 20, 2013 at 4:19 pm

  HI Alex
  Thanks for the reply

  Do you use the drives as they come or do you put them in individual housings and hook them up that way?
  I’m just a bit worried that if they are designed to be used internally and i use them a lot just in an external caddy they might get bashed around a bit.

  Cheers
  Jack
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  Alex Bunke

  February 20, 2013 at 4:25 pm

  We buy Western Digital 1TB Black drives and use them as-is; we store them in cases much like these: https://www.amazon.com/IO-Crest-2-5-Inch-Storage-SY-ACC25014/dp/B003OBZQRO/ref=pd_sim_e_4

  Certainly not fool proof but the best option for our current workflow

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