IBM Harddisk good for recording ?

[flohrianderl]

Hi there, today i bought an IBM Harddisk
( 7200rpm, 60 GB, Cache 2mb )
Would it be good for recording ( faster ) ? [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img]

[Gr0und_Zer0]

If it is a Deskstar (some call them Deathstars, because a lot of them die young) 60GXP or 75GXP, then you've got a drive that has enough performance (provided you turn on DMA). If it can do 10 mb/sec it's ok, and these babyies can do triple that speed. Access times are a more important factor though... I think they should b 9< ms, could be another value though.

I've got 2 Deathstars and they are still alive and kicking.

[Mr_Seven]

It's been my main audio drive for over a year!

[GP]

I've got 3 of'm and still spinning away. I keep my fingers crossed everytime I boot up! [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

[GP]

BTW, anyone using one of these bad boys? http://www.scsipro.com/catalog/index.htm
I'm considering getting one and using a 60gxp deathstar in it....need a way to move work from here to the big studios.

[omikron]

Hi there,

here's just a warning: my Deathstar just crashed ( < 6 months), I worked day & night to recover my sessions with drive rescue software, and could finally recover only a part of my sessions [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img]

IBM will send me a new one by warranty, but I'll use it for backup purposes only.

CU,

Omikron

[Dreamware]

The 75GXP series are the ones with problems, we have been using the 60GXP drives in our systems without any problems. So if you go for a new audio drive go for a 60GXP model or one of the new 120GXP drives.

[Bastiaan]

Backing up to a not so reliable harddisk....hmmmm. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[GP]

I'm using the 60GXP's. So I geuss there's nothing to worry about. No problems as of yet with them.

[Hogleg]

I just had a 40g Deskstar die on me. Had it 3 months. Luckily it is the system drive. I didn't get to de-authorize Dverb though-just wondering if that will be a problem