10000rpm v 7500rpm with 16 meg cache

[keep it reel]

has anyone compared the new sata 7500rpm with 16 meg cache to the sata 10000 rpm with 8 meg cache...i am wanting to upgrade my scssi drive to a new one and want some opinions to make the correct decision.

cheers.

[jcschild]

HI,
the maxtor 300G 16meg cache (7200 rpm) performs dead on the WD Raptor 74G 10K drives.

so more space, quieter, less heat same performance.

[jdunn]

I went with the Raptor, but it's in an external Seritek SATA enclosure, in a machine closet, with my G5. So heat and noise aren't an issue. It doesn't seem to get all that hot anyway.

[cultureofgreed]

I am using the Maxtor 16 meg 7200 SATA drives with great success.

[M2E]

Hey is the Maxtor running a Oxford 911 chip? Also are you guys running your Mac's w/Pro Tools audio? I've been debateing on updateing my scsi card or to start running firewire drives.
I just don't want to pay the $400+on the scsi card.

Thanx
M2E

[jdunn]

Neither. Go with a PCI to External SATA solution. I've got the Seritek, which works perfectly so far.

[JonCraig]

man... i'm doing up to 32 tracks here (PT LE), and have done over 50 in the past (on an HD rig, obviously), all off a single firewire 400 drive. plugins crap out the cpu way before i start to choke the drive. i'm running 44.1 or 48k @ 24 bit. are you guys doing higher track counts @ higher sample rates? personally, i'd take the money you guys are talking about and sink it into more firewire drives.

i'm not trying to be an ass, i'm really just curious.

--jon

[M2E]

Jdunn, What r u running it with? What does your track count look like? Also how many drives? Thanx



Randall- Raid 0? Can you link me? How much we talking about? Sounds good but, do you have them just installed Internal with no PCI/Scsi card? More info please? Thanx


JonCraig- Sounds great here. R we talking alot of edit's as well with 32 tracks? Also what drives r u useing? How big is the drives? Pro Tools recomends the 911 chip for firewire drives. Does your drives have that? Or not? Does that really really matter anyway? Thanx

M2E

[jdunn]

I'm running it with a new G5 dual 2.0 and Logic Pro 7.1. The project I'm working on now is only 20 tracks of 24-bit/48 khz audio. So I can't really give you a max track/plugin count or anything like that.

I just think that SATA is so much easier than SCSI, and faster and more stable than Firewire. I considered SCSI, but SATA is pretty much replacing it, unless you're a server.

[JonCraig]

Originally Posted by M2E

JonCraig- Sounds great here. R we talking alot of edit's as well with 32 tracks? Also what drives r u useing? How big is the drives? Pro Tools recomends the 911 chip for firewire drives. Does your drives have that? Or not? Does that really really matter anyway? Thanx

TONS of edits... like every quarter note. that's what the guy i do this work for wants. i'm using a lacie 160GB d2

http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10058

ya know... nothing in the documentation says anything about the d2 having the 911. i'm not sure on that one. anyone know for sure?

--jon