jerrydpi Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Hi guys For peace of mind, as well as being wise to do so, I probably need to buy another External Hard Drive. I've looked at the Glyph 2/3/4 GB Desktop Hard Drives, as well as the G-Technology G-Dock ev with Thunderbolt 2-Bay Hard Drive Dock. Do any of you have any recommendations or comments? Thanks, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/external-storage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrydpi Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 Hi triplets! How's my buddy been? Crap, which one? At first glance I like the Mercury Elite Pro, I like the Elite Pro Dual, I like the Mercury Elite Pro Dual Mini, I like the Elite Pro Dual (both versions), hell, I even like the Mercury On-The-Go Pro! What's your 75 cents (inflation, you know )? Nice to hear from you! Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ploki Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 question is what do you need it for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrydpi Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 Hi Ploki To record to. I'm assuming (uh-oh ) that if I need a backup Drive, I won't need as fast as Drive as one for Recording, and I can use the ones I already have to backup to. Thanks, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 If you're going for a big drive, like 6TB, then get the Elite Pro, with their own power supply. Always pick 7200 rpm for audio purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ploki Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 I always record to internal SSD. I have samples on external 5400rpm and its fine, but it's a 2.5" drive. In a 2.5" drive, 7200rpm vs 5400rpm is not such a huge difference in data throughput because of the small sector density. If you have a recording drive, I'd get a thunderbolt enclosure (just enclosure) over thunderbolt, or an external such as WD My PassPort Pro RAID, but I'd replace the drives with 2x512GB SSDs, and use the disks WD supplised with as cheap backups. Not a fan of powered solutions for laptops. This way I know drive will stay connected in case of power outage, or under dodgy on-location scenarios. Samsung Evo's are not as expensive anymore. You can also opt for a SUPER portable and SUPER FAST nVME drive (in a card format) that's much faster than traditional SATA3 format drives. Enclosures are harder to come by unfortunately, but you can get 1TB Samsung Evo nVME card for less than 500$, and in a thunderbolt enclosure it will scream 1000mb/s. I personally use a 2x5400rpm WD Scorpio Blue RAID 0 via USB3.0, and everything else 7200rpm data throughput is just abysmal. You get spoiled with fast drives. Or m.2 ! http://www.techspot.com/review/1244-sonnet-fusion-thunderbolt-3/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrydpi Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 What I'm recording to now is a 2013 model WD My Passport Ultra, which is a 2TB USB3.0 Drive with Auto Backup. I am a Home Studio based Songwriter who writes the music, the lyrics, the arrangement, plays all the keyboard, drum and bass parts, sings all vocals, and then Mix and edits the Song. I might add at this point that it's the Mixing that takes me the longest, because I have a good ear, and I'm a perfectionist, so nothing is ever good enough to me Regardless, my goal is to have high quality Demo's, not finished Albums played by top Studio Musicians, being recorded in a great room, being mixed by professionals, being Mastered, etc. So once I have all my Tracks completed at Home, I then bring the Drive to my Guitar Player's identically setup Home Studio (same MBP, same Monitors, etc. as I have), and he will then record the Guitar Tracks. My original Songs usually have about 15 Tracks at the most, so I'm probably not a power user like you are So with the above being "The Rest Of The Story", what would you now recommend? Thanks! Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ploki Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Having "current/active" projects on internal drive, and then nearly finished on external (that's how I did it when I had only 256 GB internal drive) Or better yet, get a 756GB upgrade for your MBP (as I did) and have a low-cost backup drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrydpi Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 A 756GB SSD, or a conventional HDD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrydpi Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 A quick question My MBP's Thunderbolt Port is being used by my Apollo Twin Duo. So how can I integrate a WD My PassPort Pro RAID, which I believe is a Thunderbolt device, into my rig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ploki Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 you can generally daisy chain TB devices, and that's why I assume you don't have two ports, and have the version previous to retina. In that acs,e I'd upgrade to 1TB SATA3 SSD, ditch the optical drive, and stick another 2TB 5400rpm drive where optical drive used to be and i meant 756GB internal SSD upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie2112 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I always record to internal SSD. I have samples on external 5400rpm and its fine, but it's a 2.5" drive. In a 2.5" drive, 7200rpm vs 5400rpm is not such a huge difference in data throughput because of the small sector density. I personally use a 2x5400rpm WD Scorpio Blue RAID 0 via USB3.0, and everything else 7200rpm data throughput is just abysmal. You get spoiled with fast drives. Or m.2 ! http://www.techspot.com/review/1244-sonnet-fusion-thunderbolt-3/ 5200rpm drives are simply a huge bottleneck for anything but an OS drive on a laptop. There is a huge difference between those and a 7200rpm, which should ideally have it's own power supply when used externally....especially on a laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ploki Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I always record to internal SSD. I have samples on external 5400rpm and its fine, but it's a 2.5" drive. In a 2.5" drive, 7200rpm vs 5400rpm is not such a huge difference in data throughput because of the small sector density. I personally use a 2x5400rpm WD Scorpio Blue RAID 0 via USB3.0, and everything else 7200rpm data throughput is just abysmal. You get spoiled with fast drives. Or m.2 ! http://www.techspot.com/review/1244-sonnet-fusion-thunderbolt-3/ 5200rpm drives are simply a huge bottleneck for anything but an OS drive on a laptop. There is a huge difference between those and a 7200rpm, which should ideally have it's own power supply when used externally....especially on a laptop. It's not such a big difference in high capacity 2.5" drives. It's really not. Because of the slower spindle speed, you can cram more data onto a 5400rpm drives, so sectors are closer together, so effective sector-to-sector speed remains similar. ... http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_scorpio_black_500gb_review_wd5000bekt http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_scorpio_blue_1tb_review_wd10jpvt here for example, 500GB 7200rpm Scorpio Black has 103mb/s sequential R/W speed, while 1TB 5400rpm Scorpio Blue has 112mb/s. Random writes are better for Scorpio Blue because of the tighter sector spacing (data density). Not everything is black and white when it comes to disk drives (except misleading forum advice, that's pretty much black/white.) Another mistake you made, drive is a huge bottle neck for OS and HDD performance. Audio in fact needs much less throughput and R/W operations than DAW and OS. If you use HDD for OS and Applications, and SSD for audio, you will get worse performance than other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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