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Subject: which harddrive should i get?
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Original Message 1/18 23-Feb-04 @ 10:25 PM Edit: 23-Feb-04 | 10:27 PM - which harddrive should i get?
I've had mine a couple of years now, and of course it's filled. ; )
And it's a good choice to buy a new one IF my old is going to break down eventually..
So i'm looking for a new and RELIABLE harddrive.
I don't care if it screams like a bitch or sounds like a train, i'm only looking for state of the art performance!
And since i'm planning to buy 120 gb + , an eventual hd crash is not an option. Yeah we all know, such information and data is invaluable.
Local comp store said i.e. IBMs are "shit" and Western Digital's best deal..
Music makers opinions about that? 'caus, at least I.. don't know what to believe, when it comes to current harddrive technology, standards, safety and reliability.
So.. what should i get ? : )
Message 2/18 23-Feb-04 @ 11:05 PM - RE: which harddrive should i get?
blu
Message 3/18 24-Feb-04 @ 12:53 AM - RE: which harddrive should i get?
Message 4/18 24-Feb-04 @ 01:39 AM - RE: which harddrive should i get?
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The problem is that hard drive reliability shifts year to year, manufacturer to
manufacturer. Best to find a recent review on ZDnet or something similar to see
what current crop is the best. I've had success with Western Digital in the past.
As far as speed goes, I highly recommend a drive with a larger (i.e. 8mb) cache.
All the manufacturers make them in this flavor now, and it really does result in
faster performance.
I also recommend an uninterruptable power supply (APS or the like) with line
conditioning. I've lost many hard drives due to (in my estimation) sagging power in
my place... and since I've gotten the UPS, I haven't had any more issues.
Also, budget in a backup system. DVDs are nice, but tape is more reliable.
2 cents...
Message 5/18 24-Feb-04 @ 10:42 AM - RE: which harddrive should i get?
Message 6/18 24-Feb-04 @ 02:26 PM - RE: which harddrive should i get?
I swear by the Maxtors these days. I have had no end of problems with Western Digitals.
-Craig
Message 7/18 24-Feb-04 @ 04:11 PM - RE: which harddrive should i get?
Message 8/18 24-Feb-04 @ 06:16 PM - RE: which harddrive should i get?
-Craig
Message 9/18 25-Feb-04 @ 07:29 AM - RE: which harddrive should i get?
Message 10/18 25-Feb-04 @ 08:16 AM - RE: which harddrive should i get?
awessome. Good performance and pretty quiet. But I hear glyphs are really the
way to go--good stuff!
Best of luck!
-Miike
Message 11/18 25-Feb-04 @ 12:45 PM - RE: which harddrive should i get?
But at this point they're way too expensive over here (scandinavia).
How about Maxtors external ("Onetouch") ? Actually rather 'cheap', but maybe not in the same league as LaCie? (and Glyph, which i've never heard about before)
About external devices; is USB or USB 2.0 fast enough? Or is FireWire the only recommended way when working with audio and sequencers?
'Uninterruptable power supply' - i guess it's something my computer should have then. But if not, is there any other way to solve this? Like an adapter or something between the comps power supply and the harddrive?
I found out that i will need to burn about 30-40 DVD's to backup my current stuff. But, it's too much work start organising and separating work just to make it fit well on ~40 different storage devices..
So I'm planning to buy a harddrive only for backup too. So if i unplug the backup drive from the power supply - and only use it when i need to do backups. Wouldn't it extend the life of this drive by ages ??
Message 12/18 25-Feb-04 @ 02:05 PM - RE: which harddrive should i get?
I had the same experience as K with WD, and I'll never buy one again.
-Craig
Message 13/18 25-Feb-04 @ 04:42 PM - RE: which harddrive should i get?
Message 14/18 25-Feb-04 @ 04:43 PM - RE: which harddrive should i get?
Message 15/18 25-Feb-04 @ 06:21 PM - RE: which harddrive should i get?
Message 16/18 25-Feb-04 @ 07:06 PM - RE: which harddrive should i get?
Message 17/18 25-Feb-04 @ 08:27 PM - RE: which harddrive should i get?
I've just had one Seagate drive which was 2,5 GB so I can't really say anyting recent about them. Here in scandinavia the WD 8MB Cache drives have 3 year warany, which is 3 times better than their regular 2MB cache drives, So make sure you buy the SE version with 8MB Cache.
Message 18/18 25-Feb-04 @ 09:37 PM - RE: which harddrive should i get?
drives are so cheap these days though, 120g for 50 quid! can't go wrong.
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