Firewire 400 or eSata for HDV capture?

[David Roth weiss]

[Joel Peregrine] “not in my tests with a single drive, which is the way most users have them set up”

Joel,

Inexpensive enclosures that have both firewire and SATA ports compromise the speed of SATA for the sake of the convenience of having firewire too. Dedicated SATA enclosures deliver throughput that is much closer to the combined capabilities of the SATA drives and the SATA controller. And, if you’re using an express card in a laptop that also compromises throughput.

BTW, no one whose really appreciates the performance benefits of SATA would even think about using a single drive for editing. So, just because “most users have them set up” that way, that only means that most people don’t really get it. That’s not unusual.

David Roth Weiss
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Los Angeles

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[Joel Peregrine]

“BTW, no one whose really appreciates the performance benefits of SATA would even think about using a single drive for editing. So, just because “most users have them set up” that way, that only means that most people don’t really get it. That’s not unusual.”

A little condescending, don’t you think? COW just lost a pair of eyeballs…

[David Roth weiss]

[joel peregrine] “A little condescending, don’t you think?”

No, just being factual Joel. After all, how many single SATA drives do you see being advertised here on the Cow?

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™

A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.