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  • Can any one recomend an external hard drive & an eSATA card???

    Posted by Rory Keenan on May 27, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    I’m looking to get some large external har drives for a long form project.

    Can any one recomend some good external drives (I’m thinking around 2-4 terrabytes)??

    I’d also like advice if I should stick with firewire 800 or go with eSATA . . . .
    If eSATA what is a good eSATA card to get??

    Ernie Santella replied 16 years, 11 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Chris Poisson

    May 27, 2009 at 8:52 pm

    E-SATA by far, I have the Firmtek unit, very good.

    Have a wonderful day.

  • Greg Nosaty

    May 27, 2009 at 9:28 pm

    I use Sonnet Fusion 500p 5 bay raid enclosures and the Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P 4-port SATA II PCIe card. Each port supports port multiplier functionality at 3Gb/s to interface to multiple drives. I work in 720p and 1080i and have no problems with throughput.

    cheers,
    Greg Nosaty

    Cinemontage Productions Inc

  • Ernie Santella

    May 27, 2009 at 9:37 pm

    I’ve had both the above units and they are excellent. The Fusion 500’s are great. Been using them for 2 years with no issues.

    Ernie Santella
    Santella Productions Inc.
    http://www.santellaproductions.com

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