Hi folks,

I am new to NLE(waiting for my GL2 to arrive, and will be using Vegas 4.0), and I have a question.

I want to store my video separately from everything else on my PC. I have an Adaptec 1394 fireware, 3 external port card. I assume that external, firewire-attached, 10K drives would be the way to go?

What would that be my best way to go for fast seek times? I don't really want to plunk down the dollars for RAID as this is a hobby for me.

Also, is there a good reliable source to get disk from that also has reasonable prices?

thanks very much for the information!

Hi Jeff.

Unless you have some special needs, you should go for IDE ATA100/133 7200rpm disks. They are perfectly capable for that task and are the most cost efective.

If you want to go a little further, SATA150 10k rpm disks will give greater performance, but for the price of a 36Gb SATA150 disk you can buy a 120gb standard type. And remember, AV files take a lot of disk space.

Best regards
Arnaldo

Jeff,

Go with an ATA RAID controller. These are not as expensive as SCSI RAID controllers and will still give you decent speed. Put two ATA 100/133 drives on it and you should be all set as far speed necessary for editing.

IMO RAID was more important in the days when HDDs were only 5400rpm. I'm with Arnaldo, if you're doing this for a hobby, large single 7200rpm drives are worth looking at.

My mobo supports RAID and, frankly, I ended up disabling it.