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- Beware the Quoth
- 35433 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
My system's got a 3Tb/64Mb 72000rpm 6Gb SATA drive in it, cached via a 32Gb SSD and Intel Smart Response. Seems okay, second load of anything cached is pretty much instantaneous. The hard drive is the last remaining noticable noise source in the system, though, but its going to be a while before an SSD that size will be sanely affordable.Azarashi wrote:what kind of specifications for a hdd is preferable when working with samples and kontakt libraries?
7200 rpm?
how about cache memory?
USB 3? 2? Thunderbolt?
What do you use?
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35433 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
You're talkng about an external drive then? Sorry, that wasnt clear.
One thing I'd say about the WD's, is that some of them (ie the recent Passport drives we've got) now seem to use proprietary connectors -and- controllers. Means that unlike an ordinary SATA drive, there's no way to rehouse, or even test, the drive to see if any failure is down to the enclosure's interface rather than the drive itself.
I'd also suggest that you want to consider your proposed backup regime with that much stuff potentially reliant on a single external drive.
One thing I'd say about the WD's, is that some of them (ie the recent Passport drives we've got) now seem to use proprietary connectors -and- controllers. Means that unlike an ordinary SATA drive, there's no way to rehouse, or even test, the drive to see if any failure is down to the enclosure's interface rather than the drive itself.
I'd also suggest that you want to consider your proposed backup regime with that much stuff potentially reliant on a single external drive.
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRAF
- 24411 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
I use WD Caviar Black 1 TB, 3 of them. 64 MB cache, SATA3. They are VERY good. That said, if you can spring for SSD, then spring for SSD.
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- KVRAF
- 16977 posts since 23 Jun, 2010 from north of London ON
I am considering the SSD route myself...but which one? 
Barry
If a billion people believe a stupid thing it is still a stupid thing
If a billion people believe a stupid thing it is still a stupid thing
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- KVRAF
- 7903 posts since 24 May, 2009 from Nationalism isn't my thing...
Samsung 840 (Pro, if you can spring for it).trimph1 wrote:I am considering the SSD route myself...but which one?
I have two Crucial M4s and a Samsung 830. Unfortunately because of a software license I can't upgrade my Samsung 830 primary drive to an 840 because it's locked to my drive, but if I get any more, the 840 Pro is what I'd get.
Mine are all 256GB.
Blue Phase Music
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- KVRAF
- 7903 posts since 24 May, 2009 from Nationalism isn't my thing...
Thank you. I was unaware of this.whyterabbyt wrote:One thing I'd say about the WD's, is that some of them (ie the recent Passport drives we've got) now seem to use proprietary connectors -and- controllers. Means that unlike an ordinary SATA drive, there's no way to rehouse, or even test, the drive to see if any failure is down to the enclosure's interface rather than the drive itself.
I think if I go external at any point I'll just buy internal drives with external enclosures, as I've done in the past.
Blue Phase Music