2 MB a large enough buffer for external hard drive?

[minofifa]

Hi guys
i just bought an external hard drive for use with recording on my laptop. I just noticed that the buffer size on it is only 2 MB. Is this going to be enough or should i get something larger? it is a LaCie 160 GB USB 2.0 hard drive (7200 RPM)

 

[macmoondoggie]

I feel 8mb is much better as a HD buffer. A 2mb buffer also usually indicates a very inexpensive drive which is another count against it.

 

[bgavin]

You will be fine.

If you get a Jones for more, look into a Venus USB 2.0 chassis with Firewire, and load it with a Seagate drive with a 16gb cache.

Remember that Windows does file caching also. The more RAM you have, the more available to the disk cache.

 

[macmoondoggie]

You will be fine.

If you get a Jones for more, look into a Venus USB 2.0 chassis with Firewire, and load it with a Seagate drive with a 16gb cache.

Remember that Windows does file caching also. The more RAM you have, the more available to the disk cache.

+1 on the Seagate -w- 16mb especially with Firewire interface- very sweet setup.