adaM wrote:
hi, i'm about to order a dual g5 and i know you need a 2nd hard drive
to record the audio files for pro tools. will just getting a 2nd
internal hard drive that comes with g5 be alright (the stock one:
160GB
Serial ATA - 7200rpm), or are you supposed to get one of those hard
drives that connect via firewire, audiowire, etc? sorry if this is a
stupid question, i'm not the biggest hardware guru if you haven't
already noticed! also, will i need to buy partition software for
this
or can that be done through formating?



7200rpm Serial ATA will be fine. The biggest advantage of an external
Firewire drive over an internal ATA drive is that the external drive is
external! It becomes your portable media, so you can track or overdub
or mix at another studio & not have to drag your whole G5 everywhere.

There was a time when DigiDesign was recommending 10,000 rpm drives,
but they might have lightened up on their requirements. I've been using
7200rpm drives exclusively for the past seven years without a problem.

Just wondering, is anyone still extolling the superiority of SCSI or
Ultra-SCSI for audio use, or has that arguement been beaten into
submission by the legions of users successfully working w/ FireWire or
ATA drives 24/7?