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<blockquote data-quote="moe daklight" data-source="post: 1057473" data-attributes="member: 147000"><p>Yes! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> exactly what I meant. What's wrong with using it as a regular HD?</p><p>This one, for example <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001Y15JPA/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Acomdata-Tango-FireWire400-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B001Y15JPA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1274798104&sr=8-3</a></p><p></p><p>I need these for three purposes:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> Music production. — I record all my audio to an external HD, at 32 bits and CD quality AIFF files, sometimes 20 tracks playing at once, This means periods of hours transferring high rates of data (and this must be Firewire; I must admit I haven't tried USB with audio/video in over 5 years, but with my experience, Firewire involves a lot less trouble.<br /> <br /> This is also why portability is important. Sometimes I need to take it places to get sounds.<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> As my Bit torrent HD: I download all my Torrent stuff to a separate HD. This one should be active for at least 12 hours a day, every day... but it's low data transfer (100-200 kbps at most).<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> General file storage / backup.<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> Frizbee: for my old Firewire HD that just died on me for no reason.</li> </ol><p></p><p>I would have thought that, since it uses the same HDD's as a computer, it would be much more stable.</p><p></p><p>If not, are there Firewire external HD's you recommend that <em>are</em> dependable?</p><p></p><p>I'm not looking for more than 200 GB. I prefer to spread out my information throughout more than one small HD (also some redundancy helps), than to put all my eggs in one basket. Making that mistake once has already cost me some very important files.</p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p><strong>sidenote:</strong> why doesn't Mac support S.M.A.R.T for Firewire devices? it would be helpful to know if your HD is about to go on the fritz.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moe daklight, post: 1057473, member: 147000"] Yes! :D exactly what I meant. What's wrong with using it as a regular HD? This one, for example [URL="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001Y15JPA/?tag=macforums0e4-20"]http://www.amazon.com/Acomdata-Tango-FireWire400-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B001Y15JPA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1274798104&sr=8-3[/URL] I need these for three purposes: [LIST=1] [*] Music production. — I record all my audio to an external HD, at 32 bits and CD quality AIFF files, sometimes 20 tracks playing at once, This means periods of hours transferring high rates of data (and this must be Firewire; I must admit I haven't tried USB with audio/video in over 5 years, but with my experience, Firewire involves a lot less trouble. This is also why portability is important. Sometimes I need to take it places to get sounds. [*] As my Bit torrent HD: I download all my Torrent stuff to a separate HD. This one should be active for at least 12 hours a day, every day... but it's low data transfer (100-200 kbps at most). [*] General file storage / backup. [*] Frizbee: for my old Firewire HD that just died on me for no reason. [/LIST] I would have thought that, since it uses the same HDD's as a computer, it would be much more stable. If not, are there Firewire external HD's you recommend that [i]are[/i] dependable? I'm not looking for more than 200 GB. I prefer to spread out my information throughout more than one small HD (also some redundancy helps), than to put all my eggs in one basket. Making that mistake once has already cost me some very important files. *** [b]sidenote:[/b] why doesn't Mac support S.M.A.R.T for Firewire devices? it would be helpful to know if your HD is about to go on the fritz. [/QUOTE]
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