Formatting Drives for AV Option

[TheAvidGuy]

I have read different specs for formatting drives for PT with AV Option XL. I have heard ATTO EXpress, Avid Drive Utility and the built in Apple Disk Utility. I have Avid Drive Utility. Which one is most reliable for ProTools? I am running 5.1.3 on os 9.2.2 with a G4. Also, I heard that Round Robin should be off when working with Video Drives. Is this true?

[steppenwolf68]

I would recommend ATTO Express ProTools. (We have a AVXL system, too)

[DigiTechSupt]

Yep, ATTO Express Pro Tools can and should be used for audio and video drives. Avid Drive Utility is supported for video drives only.

Round Robin should always be off.

-Jordan

[onezerozero]

Ok probably a stupid question but here goes;

I have an atto express scsi card in my G4 running an AVXL, my drives are formatted as Mac OS ext.
How do I format them with ATTO? When I go to the ATTO folder on my system drives it contains extentions no software?

Joe

[steppenwolf68]

download it from here http://www.digidesign.com/download/utility/