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quick question about 5400 rpm drives
Hey guys,
I do filed editing using macbook pro and an external hd that runs as 7200 rpm. I need to build a ‘backup’ system and I’m trying to keep costs down. Several Lacie drives that have firewire 800 ports look good but I’m concerned with their 5400 rpm speed limit. I really only edit footage either miniDV, DVcam, HDV, and occasional BetacamSP digitized using the DV50 codec. Will I still have problems with a 5400 rpm drive for transfer speed if I use the firewire 800 port? Just want to get a couple opinions.
thanks!
Rick
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5 Replies
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Hi Rick,
I thought it would be always better a faster HD, but now I see that there are a few advantages with the 5.400 RPM HDs mostly regarding power consumption and heat. This makes that the HDs can last more time. Also allow that you can power the HD from your Lap-top without drying the batteries same way than with a 7.200 RPM.
I’m working with my MBP and a couple of 500 GB LaCie Big Little Disk. They have two 5.400 HDs inside configured as Raid 0. I get write/read speeds of 90 MBps. And there are so small that I can put them in a pocket. Really happy with them.
Cheers,
Rafael -
The “backup” you refer to is a system which you edit from, or is it just media storage backup? If the latter, I’d think any speed works OK for that.
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It’s a backup edit system in case the main macbook pro goes down. Currently I use a macguru firewire icydock for external harddrive via fw 800 and access my media from it while editing. But it’s big, bulky and weighs 10 lbs. I’m looking for something smaller, lighter, but with enough functionality to still allow me to edit with it as media storage I access regularly.
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[Rick Neely] “I need to build a ‘backup’ system and I’m trying to keep costs down. Several Lacie drives that have firewire 800 ports look good but I’m concerned with their 5400 rpm speed limit.”
If this is to backup your media and system, any speed drive is fine. For actual video editing, 7200 is the minimum recommended speed.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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Keep in mind, there are 7200rpm laptop drives available. This is what the RED Drive uses.
Sean
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