External storage...

[bwstrato]

Im using a Digi 001 with 2x80gig dirves. Until now I have only been doing private work but now money is comming my way to do an outside project.Whats the best way to store my old sessions or his new ones. External Maxtor firewire drive? Please chime in..Thanks

[where02190]

A FireWire dock gives you the flexability of multiple hot swappable drives that you can add on as needed. the dock itself is inexpensive (under $100) and drive caddies are less than $15 each. they will accept any standard ATA/IDE drive, and the dock utilizes the Oxford 911 chipset. Fitted with a PT compatible drive, it is capable of read/write directly from PT.
It is reasonably sized, external AC powered for max performance, universal voltage, and runs silent.

IMHO the best bang for the buck in external drives. $300 will get you the dock and 2-80gb drive caddys.

http://www.npstudios.com/fwdock.html

Hope this is helpful.

[frstrtdmac]

USB 2.0 is faster!! But you have to have USB 2.0 slot.. If you do! This is the best! Plus every computer I know of that has been made from 1995 has at least usb 1.0?

oh ya Firewire is good but slower:
firewire: upto 480/mbp ( mega bits )
USB 2.0: 550/mbp or more!

[j old school]

I always thought firewire was 400 and usb2 was 480