Storage Solutions Need Fastest internal 2 or 3 TB drive

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100khz

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Most important need is speed both read and write. I have to perform constant read write operations with a high capacity (2TB or 3TB) drive with the softwares i work with.

Since SSDs are smaller in size, so next good option seems like is a 7200 rpm drive unless there are faster onces? Speed remains my first priority followed by reliability.

I am anyways going to run constant time machine backup of the entire drive on another 2TB drive i already have with me. Since i am on mac, i will use the drive with HSF formatting.

NOTE: This is not for dump or storage purpose. I need to use this for performance. Not for gaming. For media development stuff.

Budget: preferable under 10k

Please suggest.. THANKS
 
Crazy_Eddy said:
http://www.storagereview.com/seagate_barracuda_3tb_review_1tb_platters_st3000dm001
WD Caviar black looks better balanced. But if you're just working with a few large media files, the speeds on the ST3000DM001 will be better.
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Use is for music composition in Logic Pro DAW. Sound libraries are loaded in RAM many times in a work session. Besides, high def audio is recorded straight into drive. So, read and write is most important.

The overall efficiency of Digital Audio Workstations also depend upon read/write efficiencies of the drives used to fetch huge audio samples into RAM to be played via samplers.

I am also inclined towards ST3000DM001 (3TB) or may be ST2000DM001 (2TB), since i have a spare 2TB drive to make a backup drive.

Which one would you recommend. ANy diff in performance 3TB VS 2 TB?
 
100khz said:
ANy diff in performance 3TB VS 2 TB?
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3TB should be slightly faster, since it has more outer disk surface area. Plus Seagate is randomly using either 1TB or 667GB platters in the 2TB ST2000DM001 - no label differentiation, so you can't identify what platter size you're getting - if you get the 667GB platter ones, then performance will be slower.
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The WD Black 2TB is unfortunately nearly twice the price of a Seagate ST2000DM001. So what about a RAID 0 array with 2 x Seagate drives? Or set up one as your sound library drive and the other as your recording drive.
 
Crazy_Eddy said:
The WD Black 2TB is unfortunately nearly twice the price of a Seagate ST2000DM001. So what about a RAID 0 array with 2 x Seagate drives? Or set up one as your sound library drive and the other as your recording drive.
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This RAID business is new to me and the article you gave me suggests good speeds. Could you guide me a bit about this system. But, my other 2TB which i have is a 5200 RPM drive, thats why i was not interested in using that one for performance. Besides, i need a drive for backup as well.

OCZ 120 SSD is my primary OS drive. And seagate 5200 RPM 2TB is the drive where i save and retrieve my audio stuff till today. Purpose of buying another 2 or 3 TB is to replace this one and use it for backup rather than performance.

What would you suggest?
 
Crazy_Eddy said:
No idea about RAID on Mac. This may be helpful : http://macperformanceguide.com/Storage-HowToSetupRAID.html

Yeah leave your existing 2TB drive for backups. Pick up 2 additional drives for either a RAID 0 array or a sound library drive + recording drive. If its exceeding your budget you can probably drop down to 2 x 1TB drives, since in a RAID 0 array the 2 drives will show up as 2TB of space.
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I think i can do the RAID setup. Can you tell me what practical benefit in terms of speed i can gain using raid 1 TB X 2 over single 3 TB 7200 HDD?

Also, my sound libraries exceed 1 TB and recording drive does not need more than 200 GB for current sessions. I do not need to dedicate 1 TB for recordings per se, but thats not imp how we use space.

I understand a little bit that RAID is parelel processing of data, should be faster than a single drive with 2 platters. But, need to know if its worth spending the effort since the diff in performance is going to be much better than using a single drive like a 3 TB seagate 7200 rpm.
 
Check wd30eurs drive, aka, WD av-gp drives

Drives SilkStream™ WD AV-GP SATA hard drives store more hi-def audio and video than ever before – up to 3 TB. They are optimized with technology to capture data from up to 12 simultaneous HD video streams. And with 24x7 operation, low temperature, and best-in-class reliability, WD AV-GP hard drives are ideal for DVR/PVR and video surveillance applications. 3-year limited warranty
 
please google (as i have no experience using them) 10K and 15K RPM HDDs. they are high performers and cheaper than SSDs. the one with 10K RPM should be within your budget.
 
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