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    LaCie 4big Quadra

    Posted by Joseph Colombatto on April 6, 2011 at 3:07 pm

    I’m considering buying a LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class external RAID drive to hook into my
    MacBook Pro for HD (1920×1080) processing on Final Cut Pro and Adobe After Effects.
    Is this drive fast enough to handle those size files in those apps (without stuttering).
    Also, should the apps remain on my internal HD, (2.93 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor with
    4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Memory), or should they be moved to the external RAID drive for peak performance?
    Thanks much.

    Joseph Colombatto replied 15 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Alex Gerulaitis

    April 6, 2011 at 7:49 pm

    The drive is fast enough over FW800 to handle ProRes 422 HQ easily. Over FW800, it’s about as fast as an internal 7200rpm drive on MBP, and a bit faster than a 5400rpm one.

    Alex (DV411)

  • Joseph Colombatto

    April 6, 2011 at 7:55 pm

    Thanks much.

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