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<blockquote data-quote="Zoolook" data-source="post: 1016642" data-attributes="member: 21101">USB is definitely not ideal for several reasons, not least of all because it's relatively slow (even compared to FW400) and uses a lot of system resources, again relative to FW.An external 7200rpm drive with FW800 is pretty fast, and has more than enough bandwidth to stream audio directly if absolutely necessary over several tracks. I've done it plenty of times on a live set, there is rarely any issue. Also, seek times are not really impacted by the interface, only bandwidth. If you're consuming more than 70 MBs/Second (more or less what you can get from a FW800 under real conditions), you're probably well into pro territory and have very different needs.I agree with Chud that ideally this would be on an internal drive, but there are some disadvantages to using your primary HDD that contains your apps and OS/Swap etc for music. On a desktop, you'd have a drive dedicated to this on it's own SATA channel. On a laptop, you don't have that luxury.To be honest, given what you've told us, a FW 800 drive for external sample storage should be fine for your needs, but the internal 7200rpm drive should be your first option.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zoolook, post: 1016642, member: 21101"] USB is definitely not ideal for several reasons, not least of all because it's relatively slow (even compared to FW400) and uses a lot of system resources, again relative to FW. An external 7200rpm drive with FW800 is pretty fast, and has more than enough bandwidth to stream audio directly if absolutely necessary over several tracks. I've done it plenty of times on a live set, there is rarely any issue. Also, seek times are not really impacted by the interface, only bandwidth. If you're consuming more than 70 MBs/Second (more or less what you can get from a FW800 under real conditions), you're probably well into pro territory and have very different needs. I agree with Chud that ideally this would be on an internal drive, but there are some disadvantages to using your primary HDD that contains your apps and OS/Swap etc for music. On a desktop, you'd have a drive dedicated to this on it's own SATA channel. On a laptop, you don't have that luxury. To be honest, given what you've told us, a FW 800 drive for external sample storage should be fine for your needs, but the internal 7200rpm drive should be your first option. [/QUOTE]

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