hard drive recommendations?

[stevesound]

hey there,

looking to upgrade my audio drives, just thought I'd check if anyone had any recommendations? I've an SSD as my internal drive which is great, but need 3 x 1TB for the audio drives so possibly not SSDs (too expensive).

I've been looking at WD VelociRaptors but apparently they're a bit noisy (great speed though at 10000rpm).

Any thoughts on what to go with/avoid??

Thanks!
Steve

[JFreak]

WD Blacks are good.

[stevesound]

Originally Posted by JFreak

WD Blacks are good.

great, thanks for that!

[GregV]

I've been using a variety of LaCie drives. The only thing I've focused on is the 7200rpm as opposed to the 5400rpm. They've all worked great for me, although the Little Big Disk that I have is a bit noisy. Surprisingly, their "Rugged" series has been my favorite.

[stevesound]

Originally Posted by GregV

I've been using a variety of LaCie drives. The only thing I've focused on is the 7200rpm as opposed to the 5400rpm. They've all worked great for me, although the Little Big Disk that I have is a bit noisy. Surprisingly, their "Rugged" series has been my favorite.

great, will look at lacie too. Definitely thinking 7200rpm minimum!

[VRW]

As I have posted this links in another thread already I thought I could do it here too .
Nothing fancy but proven and recommended-by-Avid-stuff.

Avid-recommended standard 3,5"
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firew...W800_FW400_USB
the portable 2,5" version of it
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firew...W800_FW400_USB

Another Avid recommendation
http://www.avastor.com/HDXoverview.htm

Widley used drives by the PT community
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/StuMini1TB/

http://www.amazon.com/Glyph-1TB-GPT5...J8GTMENJTNBH8N

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/d2Quadra2TB/

http://www.g-technology.com/products/g-drive
http://www.g-technology.com/products/g-drive-mini

If one´s on a very tight budget these are fast and do work with Pro Tools actually
http://store.apple.com/us/product/H9...sb-30-7200-rpm
...only the 500GB, 7200rpm, FW800 will work...you may not choose the 1TB, 5400rpm, Thunderbolt
as the rotation speed of the disc will be too slow, it doesn´t help that it´s Thunderbolt-connected!!

Some people say these may have too less Cache but many others work with it successfully...
including myself as this is my 3rd (mobile) HD which I use daisy chained behind another one
and I run about 20-25 tracks in PT11 from it... it does a great job so far. Can´t complain actually.

However if one can afford it and is used actually to run sessions with a very high amount of tracks from his HDs,
he may take one of the other listed above for safety´s sake which come with higher amounts of Cache.



Best of success everybody,

VRW


MacMini i7Quad, 16GB Ram, MBP Mid 2012 2,5GHz i5, 16GB Ram, MacOS 10.9.3, Apogee Quartet+Duet 2, Genelec Active, Yamaha NS10,
Pro Tools 11.1.3, Logic 10.0.7, Waves, MCDSP, Duende Native, Softube, HOFA, IK Multimedia etc

[stevesound]

Originally Posted by VRW

As I have posted this links in another thread already I thought I could do it here too .
Nothing fancy but proven and recommended-by-Avid-stuff.

Avid-recommended standard 3,5"
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firew...W800_FW400_USB
the portable 2,5" version of it
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firew...W800_FW400_USB

Another Avid recommendation
http://www.avastor.com/HDXoverview.htm

Widley used drives by the PT community
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/StuMini1TB/
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/GPT3-500/

http://www.g-technology.com/products/g-drive
http://www.g-technology.com/products/g-drive-mini

Best of success,

VRW


MacMini i7Quad, 16GB Ram, MBP Mid 2012 2,5GHz i5, 16GB Ram, MacOS 10.9.3, Apogee Quartet+Duet 2, Genelec Active, Yamaha NS10,
Pro Tools 11.1.3, Logic 10.0.7, Waves, MCDSP, Duende Native, Softube, HOFA, IK Multimedia etc

Hey there,

thanks a million for that, lots of good advice. really much appreciated!

[Talisker]

been using my glyph for a few years now, its been rock solid, had one hic kup at the beginning and experienced real instant and helpful support

[feliponk]

Based on personal and professional experience...

Seaget and WD drives, USB 2 or 3 are the best.

GDrive: avoid them, had 2 dead within a month.

Lacie: for the money, not so good.

regards.