[KingFish]

I've done some Live recordings remote with a dual G5 / 002 on an external FW drive, I ALWAYS make sure, when running the machine in record for a Long stretch (1/2 hour or more) ... in OS X the processor performance is set to "Highest" rather then it's default "Automatic"... that "Sleep", "Display", and "Hard disk" are ALL set to "NEVER" go to sleep, and disable my screen saver.

In PT, I'll also set the buffers to 1024 - higest CPU allowed (99% if DP), and make sure my FW Drive is clean.

The last gig I did like this, was Multi-track band, for Film. and it was VERY important that during a long stretch, in one of the 5 bands on the event, that Pro-Tools didn't stop.

16 tracks - no plugins... it did stop... twice.

You'll never sell me on "Firewire" v.s PCI, (let alone USB 1.1 on an m-box) I still feel an 001 is WAY more reliable then an 002, but we can't use 001's on our G5's

I still feel the best thing to do, is get another internal SATA drive dedecated for audio.

if you're running an m-box on a G5, you need to crank those buffers !