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5400 or 7200 for HD Editing
Hi,
I am looking to get a LaCie Little Big Disk 1TB as I need a really portable drive as I am transporting my footage accross to France (from the UK) to start editing.
Would you advise paying for the 7200rpm model or will I be ok to edit/capture etc DVCPRO HD 720pn using FCP 6 with just the 5400rpm.
Does anyone reccommend a different external drive than the LaCie for portability and space.
Many thanks for your advice,
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6 Replies
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ALWAYS go with 7200. 5400 might work for DV, but not HD. 7200.
Other drive recommendations: G-Raids, CalDigit VR, MaxxDigital Edit Vault (NO POWER BRICK! and quiet), OtherWorldComputing has good drives too.
Shane
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I love and use this drive. Also no power brick and takes power from a fw port. It needs an express/34 sata card:
https://sonnettech.com/product/fusionf2.html
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Thanks guys.
Jeremy – is it worth getting this drive for use with a mac – as I have tried connecting another drive through an e-sata adapter with no joy and my understanding now is that mac and external e-sata is not compatible…
thanks in advance for your response.
Ben
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7200 rpm for sure.
I use eSata with my Mac all the time. It doesn’t matter if I’m on the 8 core or I’m on my Mac Book Pro. It works fine.
My buddy had an issue with the eSata card not working on his Mac Book Pro. But once he downloaded the correct driver he was off and running no problem.
Stephen Vidano
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Thanks Stephen – I have now downloaded the driver after 6 months of assuming it wasn’t going to work and looking forward to increased transfer speeds for my P2 capture..
Follow up question re: the rpm speed and apologies for my elementary understanding of rpm vs transfer rate:
If I have a 5400rpm hard drive but am able to connect it via e-sata do you think I will be ok for HD video editing – or would you still advise that I go with 7200rpm?
Many thanks in advance.
Ben
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All I have and use is Macs. It works great if you have the right card and the right driver. ESata cards work with Macs.
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