Internl or External HD for Recording

[Monaco]

internal's faster, right?

[Stiff]

In my book you always go for internal if you can.

[ondruspat]

Internal is not nessessarily faster, check the rpm's (won't get too many tracks on a internal 5400rpm drive...). Go for the fastest drive you can afford.

Now if your refering to bus speeds, internal drive are generally faster and more reliable. I know a few people who use firewire drives to record to. USB is generally NOT recommended.

[BlueThursday]

I record to an external Glyph GT 050Q and love it. I can take the files with me to other computers without transferring them.

[albee1952]

FWIW, I lost 1 track on the old DAVEC test between an internal drive and a firewire drive. Minor difference for sure. I have and use both but generally record to an internal unless someone brings a project that is already on a firewire drive(even then, I may copy it to an internal). Its so easy to add internal drives to modern systems. I have 4 hard drives and can add a few more if I need since my mobo has SATA ports for 7 drives and the IDE port only has the system drive on it.

[guitar131]

Isn't there some sort of external SATA interface that would essentially get you "internal" drive performance in a "hotswap" type of configuration?

[JMS40]

Yes there is...

[guitar131]

Thanks for the link...so basically, just get some external SATA enclosures, buy some SATA drives, hook it up and record! Nice...

[albee1952]

Or get one of these and swap to your heart's content.
http://www.datoptic.com/cgi-bin/web....115&detail=yes

Actually I am going to get this triple unit so I can fast-swap(not hot-swap) the system drive as well.
http://www.datoptic.com/cgi-bin/web....325&detail=yes