Hello,
I've been planning on getting this hard drive. It's the 250g Oxford 922 firewire 800 drive. These drives are made by Pacific Pro Audio, and they're pretty much the standard up here in the Seattle/PNW area.
They use Seagate drives almost exclusively. I'm not a HD expert, so I'm asking here to make sure I'm getting the most bang for the buck. I see that you can get a little better price on a Seagate external like this from Newegg, but I'm not sure what the difference is. I'm figuring that PPA uses a case with theirs and the drive itself is an internal. Is the case where the Oxford 922 chipset comes from? Or is that part of the drive itself? I noticed the Seagate external has a 16mb cache vs a 8mb cache from PPA, but I imagine the Oxford chipset is much more important.
Lastly, just wanted to get an opinion on size. The drive needs to hold roughly 15 songs recorded at 96k, about 12-18 tracks a piece. The drive will strictly be used for this. What size should I get? Thanks
I've been planning on getting this hard drive. It's the 250g Oxford 922 firewire 800 drive. These drives are made by Pacific Pro Audio, and they're pretty much the standard up here in the Seattle/PNW area.
They use Seagate drives almost exclusively. I'm not a HD expert, so I'm asking here to make sure I'm getting the most bang for the buck. I see that you can get a little better price on a Seagate external like this from Newegg, but I'm not sure what the difference is. I'm figuring that PPA uses a case with theirs and the drive itself is an internal. Is the case where the Oxford 922 chipset comes from? Or is that part of the drive itself? I noticed the Seagate external has a 16mb cache vs a 8mb cache from PPA, but I imagine the Oxford chipset is much more important.
Lastly, just wanted to get an opinion on size. The drive needs to hold roughly 15 songs recorded at 96k, about 12-18 tracks a piece. The drive will strictly be used for this. What size should I get? Thanks