24" iMac and LaCie d2 HDD?

[cmrahm]

I am about to make the jump form a pc to a mac and I have some questions first. Has anyone used ane LaCie FW drives with PTLE 7.1/7.3? I know that I will need an external HD for audio but can't figure out which is going to work best. Any sugestions? Is there an enclosure for SATA drives that will work(I have 3 audio/storage drives that I could canabalize from my PC if needed)? Help please. I need to know soon so that I can order ASAP. I have a project starting the first of January and would like to be running on my new iMac from the start rather than switching halfway through.
Thanks
-Chris

[hki]

I would steer clear of the LaCie's, I have heard the horror stories.
I would try the Mercury Elite Pro from OWC : http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firew...4/USB/EliteAL/

[Allen Hallada]

I agree with the above. I'd also look into the WD Raptor 10000 rpm drives with an external firewire enclosure or a regular WD 8mb cache 7200rpm drive. I've had great luck with these drives.

Allen

[tommy gunn]

Lacie has some drives that just simply do not cut it for pro tools,, my experience was with the porshce models,, I had three of them crash in a row, and when they went they took the other hard drives daisy chained, with them,,,,,

if fairness to Lacie, the did replace my Porshce models,,, with the more expensive D2 and I have not had any problems with it,,,, but becarefull!! I lost 2 yrs worth of major hard work,,, and also lost several clients.....

BACKUP!!!! DATA -----in the digital world if it dosent' exist in 2 places it dosen't exist!!!

[cmrahm]

Will any enclosure work or are some better than others? Please help. I need to get this worked out ASAP to start on time.
-Chris

[hki]

Have you gone to the OWC website? You will also find enclosures there....Spend a few minutes checking the site, they also have cheap fast shipping options..

[req06]

I've used a fw800 lacie d2 for the last 3 years with no problems, and I am constantly recording all over the place in different rooms, so its nothing but thumbs up from me