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Oliver Darden · February 2nd, 2010, 03:21 PM

I have a Mac Pro and all the internal drives are used up. I am about to start editing a project and I'm working if I should buy USB drives or a firewire hub and use external firewire drives?

I am buying 1TB Setgates.

Any suggestions?

Adam Gold · February 2nd, 2010, 03:31 PM

I don't know Macs, but could you buy an eSATA card and use eSATA drives? If so, that would be much faster/better.

Oliver Darden · February 2nd, 2010, 03:37 PM

you think it would be ok to capture the footage to usb drives for now and then later transfer everything to eSATA drives when editing?

Edward Carlson · February 2nd, 2010, 04:30 PM

Well first off I wouldn't be buying Seagate drives. I've seen way too many fail to let you! USB isn't fast enough. You need at least FireWire 400 with a 7200 rpm drive. Because you have a Mac Pro, you can easily get an eSATA card (or even a RAID controller) and plug your drives in that way. If you are editing really big files (like RED 4k) look into getting an SAS enclosure, like the Editbox 8ML and a RocketRaid or CalDigit controller card.

Oliver Darden · February 3rd, 2010, 11:59 AM

I went ahead and got a sATA PCI express card (2 x sATA) and a black widow external sATA dual drive dock and 2 Seagate 1TB barracudas. Seems to be working fine.

February 2nd, 2010, 03:21 PM	#1
Oliver Darden Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA Posts: 522	mac pro internal drives full I have a Mac Pro and all the internal drives are used up. I am about to start editing a project and I'm working if I should buy USB drives or a firewire hub and use external firewire drives? I am buying 1TB Setgates. Any suggestions?

February 2nd, 2010, 03:31 PM	#2
Adam Gold Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Woodinville, WA USA Posts: 3,467	I don't know Macs, but could you buy an eSATA card and use eSATA drives? If so, that would be much faster/better. __________________ "It can only be attributable to human error... This sort of thing has cropped up before, and it has always been due to human error."

February 2nd, 2010, 03:37 PM	#3
Oliver Darden Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA Posts: 522	you think it would be ok to capture the footage to usb drives for now and then later transfer everything to eSATA drives when editing?

February 2nd, 2010, 04:30 PM	#4
Edward Carlson Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North Hollywood, CA, United States Posts: 807	Well first off I wouldn't be buying Seagate drives. I've seen way too many fail to let you! USB isn't fast enough. You need at least FireWire 400 with a 7200 rpm drive. Because you have a Mac Pro, you can easily get an eSATA card (or even a RAID controller) and plug your drives in that way. If you are editing really big files (like RED 4k) look into getting an SAS enclosure, like the Editbox 8ML and a RocketRaid or CalDigit controller card.

February 3rd, 2010, 11:59 AM	#5
Oliver Darden Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA Posts: 522	I went ahead and got a sATA PCI express card (2 x sATA) and a black widow external sATA dual drive dock and 2 Seagate 1TB barracudas. Seems to be working fine.