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Old 04-13-2004, 08:09 AM
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Default New audio drive: SATA or Firewire?

I am running Pro Tools 6.1.1 on Windows XP and I'm shopping around for a new audio drive. Are there advantages to using a Firewire drive over an internal drive other than convenience (I have an open internal bay)? Does anyone know if Pro Tools supports Serial ATA (SATA) drives? Western Digital makes a reasonably priced SATA drive called "The Raptor:" 10,000 RPM; 2.99ms ave. latency; 8MB buffer. I'd appreciate any suggestions of which you think I should go with.

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Old 04-15-2004, 10:57 PM
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Default Re: New audio drive: SATA or Firewire?

A Raptor inside a Firewire drive, maybe?
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Old 05-02-2004, 06:47 AM
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Default Re: New audio drive: SATA or Firewire?

The ONLY current advantage to external drives is convenience and portability b/w setups. Internal SATA is currently providing the best results on ALL pro tools systems...equalling or beating scsi in most cases. Firewire bandwidth doesn't even come close to SATA...SATA is showing hundreds of simultaneous tracks off single drives in the post for film forum.
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