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Advice on buying a new 3TB drive
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[kat hayes] “What about going faster than 7,200 rpm? I thought I saw somewhere 10,000 rpm drives as an option?”
No longer available I think, and way too expensive for the gain received if they are.
Striping multiple drives together in a RAID 0 configuration is what you would do for better performance.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
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10,000 rpm drives are recommended where fast seek time is important. This is more the case with multi channel audio systems where lots of small clips, spread over a drive are being pre loaded into a buffer. Video needs faster data flow but not fast seek times so 7,200 rpm RAID systems are best.
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SSD’s will be the norm sooner than later.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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What is the RPM of a SSD? How much of a difference will editing from a SSD make?
Thanks.
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[kat hayes] “What is the RPM of a SSD? How much of a difference will editing from a SSD make?”
There are no RPMs, they are solid state, i.e. chip-based. They are too expensive presently, so don’t sweat about them. When large sold state drives are cheap enough, all hard drives will be solid state, but that’s a ways off.
The second generation of Thunderbolt will be 10X faster than the generation #1, so inexpensive mass storage with loads of throughput will just get better and better.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.comDon’t miss my new Creative Cow Podcast: Producing Episodic TV with “24” Producer Michael Klick:
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[David Roth Weiss] “There are no RPMs, they are solid state, i.e. chip-based. They are too expensive presently, so don’t sweat about them. When large sold state drives are cheap enough, all hard drives will be solid state, but that’s a ways off.”
Not too sure about SSDs at this point. I put one in my Mac Pro as a system drive and it was very snappy! Until it died. It lasted only 10 months. Yes, I had it backed up, and yes, OWC is replacing it under warranty… but it is actually the first drive that has ever died on me in over 10 years in this business. One would think that ‘no moving parts = better longevity’, but apparently not.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
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Do you have to get a 3TB drive? For under $350 you could get two 2TB drives…
I’ve been very happy with these-
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/752873-REG/Western_Digital_WD2002FAEX_WD2002FAEX_Caviar_Black_2.htmlSame Drive at Newegg for $10 less-
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136792&Tpk=WD2002FAEXI’ve stuck with WD because my own experiences have been so good, but as was mentioned, Hitachi has a pretty stellar reputation these days.
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4TB Hitachi drives in G-Tech Thunderbolt G-Raid!!! So they’ll be priced a little high.
Hard drives are so inexpensive these days. Stick with a brand name 7200 rpm drive and you’ll be fine.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group
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