Internal SATA vs Firewire

[Jonasfp]

I have a PC, what would you suggest as extra pro tools storing drive, SATA2 or Firewire?

A Seagate 7500rpm Sata comes at a much cheaper price than a Firewire LaCie.

[sunburst79]

I like internals

[Bob Olhsson]

Internal SATAs are also stupid easy to swap out and archive.

[Jonasfp]

Excellent :) Sata it is then. Ill probably have to det rid of my RAID system drive, and just go normal 2xHD ?

[Keybeeetsss]

Yeah u wanna get `det` rid of raid asap as it isn't supported...will it work? Yeah, but that risk is on u & as u see, its really not even a comparison between sata & firewire IMO...

[Jonasfp]

Meaning that Firewire is better than SATA as audio-disk? :) sorry I need to get it written on the wall.

[M-ManLA]

SATA II all the way if you can help it. Even though most hard drive won't saturate the whole 3Gb that SATA II offers, it will be a lot faster and snappier than a Firewire 400Mb drive. Also in the Pro Tools world, they support 24 tracks on Firewire, 32 on SATA II, which it can do more than that. SATA II all the way. I would suggest you use a RAID1 configuration ONLY for back up on another system, server, or external drive just to back up your work. As far as your workstation, use no RAID on the audio drive.

[albee1952]

If you haven't already thought of this, think of it now
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817990003

[Jonasfp]

How important is the speed of the system drive in general? Would a Sata1 16bm cache cut the mustard?
I'm trying to save some money... so Ill just get one sata2 32mb cache caviar black as the pro tools audio drive.

[John_Toolbox]

FW 400 = 400 Mb/s (50MB/s)
FW 800 = 800 Mb/s (100MB/s)
SATA II = 3000 Mb/s (375 MB/s)

These speeds are all theoretical maximums of each bus, but the point is that SATA 2 will not be a bottleneck with any drive on the market right now.

Also if you have a Firewire audio interface, this leaves more firewire bandwidth for it.