I have a 2tb drive that is same specs and brand. I have been using it for a couple of years and it is working great and very nice for editing. I can record to my regular internal drive on the Mac Book Pro, which is also a 7200 WD drive, and it works fine. In fact, I used said setup last night to record the Messiah in which my wife performed.
J. R. -----Original Message----- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nickus de Vos Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 2:49 AM To: Pro Tools Accessibility Subject: Re: Lacie hard drives, r they good? Yes 4 GB ram will be fine for a start but if you can aford the 8 GB from the start it will obviously be better. As I understand you are looking to get the quad core mini with the 1 TB hard drive and 4 GB of ram and this will be fine together with a 7200 RPM external firewire 800 drive. I only have experience with Seegate and western digital drives and can highly recommend both. I would suggest rather getting a drive which is spesifically only firewire 800, those combo things could be nice if using the drive on different devices, but it often doesn't have the best quality firewire chips and what you're looking for here is a quality drive with quality firewire chips and you'll get the best quality from seagate or western digital. Cameron Strife wrote: > Yeah, four gigs will be fine in the short term. > > Cameron. > > > > > On 12/16/12, Ramy Moustafa <moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > No, I will get the 7200 rbm, and I will get the i7 quad, no server. > > The problem now the ram, the store refuse to take the 2 gb ram,so > > If I will update my machine from 4 to 8, I will pay the money to > > udate, and I will not sell my 2gb pieces. > > So, can't I work with 4 gb of ram? > > > > > > Cheers: > > Ramy Moustafa > > If music be the food of love... play on. > > Mobile: > > 0020102221750 > > Personal email: > > ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com > > Msn and aim messengers: > > flutelo...@link.net > > Studio email: > > harmonystudio2...@gmail.com > > facebook profile: > > http://www.facebook.com/ > > Twitter: > > moustafa.r...@gmail.com > > youtube chanael: > > www.youtube.com/ramymoustafasaber > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] > > On Behalf Of Cameron Strife > > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 10:17 PM > > To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com > > Subject: Re: Lacie hard drives, r they good? > > > > Hi. I've only had one of their drives and it worked fine for me. > > firewire 800 is your best option and if you got a mac mini server > > edition, you've got one firewire 800 port available. > > > > What is the rpm of the hard drive you're looking at? > > > > Cameron. > > > > > > > > > > On 12/16/12, Ramy Moustafa <moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> HI alL: > >> > >> I found a lacie hard disk, usb 2.0< fire wire 400 and 800> Is it > >> ok? > >> What about this company, ok? > >> > >> > >> > >> Cheers: > >> Ramy Moustafa > >> If music be the food of love... play on. > >> Mobile: > >> 0020102221750 > >> Personal email: > >> ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com > >> Msn and aim messengers: > >> flutelo...@link.net > >> Studio email: > >> harmonystudio2...@gmail.com > >> facebook profile: > >> http://www.facebook.com/ > >> Twitter: > >> moustafa.r...@gmail.com > >> youtube chanael: > >> www.youtube.com/ramymoustafasaber > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] > >> On Behalf Of TheOreoMonster > >> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 5:14 PM > >> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com > >> Subject: Re: Using 1 hd for recording > >> > >> OSX server will work fine. its regular OSX with the server app also > >> included. It no different from OSX other than the server app gives > >> you some more advanced administrative control if you want to use it > >> as a actual server. If you can afford the FUSION drives go for that > >> since the 7200RPM drives are no longer available. In the end > >> 5400RPM drives will slow things down a little bit when loading > >> stuff in and out memory, but its not impossible to use them > >> especially if you aren't ever gonna be using more than a few tracks > >> at a time. However if you can get a 7200RPM external drive i'd > >> suggest getting one of those and using it as the recording > > drive. > >> Fusion drives will work well sawwell, cuz as i understand it it's > >> keeps the most frequently used stuff in the sad part of the drive > >> so its gonna > > be > >> like reading it off an SSD which is super fast. Also all mac mini's > >> have two drive bays in there so you can put in a second HD after > >> the fact if you feel comfortable with that. the only one sold with > >> two HD's are the mini server though as you said. > >> > >> On Dec 15, 2012, at 4:56 AM, "Ramy Moustafa" > >> <moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Very great words, thanks so much > >>> No mac mini with 2 hard drives except the server one. > >>> It has 2 tp hard drives, and 8 gb of ram, but it has the osx > >>> server Will it affect anything? > >>> > >>> Cheers: > >>> Ramy Moustafa > >>> If music be the food of love... play on. > >>> Mobile: > >>> 0020102221750 > >>> Personal email: > >>> ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com > >>> Msn and aim messengers: > >>> flutelo...@link.net > >>> Studio email: > >>> harmonystudio2...@gmail.com > >>> facebook profile: > >>> http://www.facebook.com/ > >>> Twitter: > >>> moustafa.r...@gmail.com > >>> youtube chanael: > >>> www.youtube.com/ramymoustafasaber > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] > >>> On > >> Behalf > >>> Of TheOreoMonster > >>> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 4:25 AM > >>> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com > >>> Subject: Re: Using 1 hd for recording > >>> > >>> If you can get amax mini with two internal drives i'd say go that way. > >>> Otherwise USB external HD will work fine as i currently use one > >>> with no issues. It's USB 2 a, however i rarely record more than a > >>> couple tracks > >> at > >>> a time. That being Said USB3, firewire or Thunderbold should get > >>> the job done, just make sure if you go USB the drive in the > >>> external bay is > >> 7200RPM. > >>> On Dec 14, 2012, at 7:41 PM, "Ramy Moustafa" > >>> <moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Aha, thanks so much for this. > >>>> But, what about a usb hard drive? I found good companies here, > >>>> any > >>> advices? > >>>> And what about the good models? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Cheers: > >>>> Ramy Moustafa > >>>> If music be the food of love... play on. > >>>> Mobile: > >>>> 0020102221750 > >>>> Personal email: > >>>> ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com > >>>> Msn and aim messengers: > >>>> flutelo...@link.net > >>>> Studio email: > >>>> harmonystudio2...@gmail.com > >>>> facebook profile: > >>>> http://www.facebook.com/ > >>>> Twitter: > >>>> moustafa.r...@gmail.com > >>>> youtube chanael: > >>>> www.youtube.com/ramymoustafasaber -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com > >>>> [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On > >>> Behalf > >>>> Of Nickus de Vos > >>>> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:06 PM > >>>> To: Pro Tools Accessibility > >>>> Subject: Re: Using 1 hd for recording > >>>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> As said the ideal way is to get a external drive for recording > >>>> and to have your OS and pro tools installed on the internal > >>>> drive. If getting external drives I would rather get thunderbolt or firewire than USB 3. > >>>> If the budget does not allow for external drives for recording, > >>>> you should be fine to record on the internal drive of the mac > >>>> mini, sure you won't be able to record 32 tracks at once or > >>>> whatever, but it will work. Just make sure you get a mac mini > >>>> with a 7200 RPM drive rather than a 5400 RPM drive. If you can't > >>>> get a 7200 RPM drive the 5400 might also work but it's highly recommended to get a 7200 RPM. > >>>> > >>>> Cameron Strife wrote: > >>>>> Hi. That is not advisable. as I stated in a previous message, > >>>>> you really need one system drive for the operating system and > >>>>> apps, and, a second drive for audio. For best results, you > >>>>> really should have a third drive for sample libraries and sound > >>>>> fonts etc. This will be less taxing on each hard drive and will > >>>>> give you far better performance. > >>>>> > >>>>> Trying to do everything from one drive will bottleneck and also > >>>>> lead to a shorter life span for said drive. You will have problems. > >>>>> > >>>>> Depending on if your mac mini is new or used, you may have > >>>>> firewire > >>>>> 400 or 800, USB 3.0, and/or thunderbolt. External drives are > >>>>> pretty cheap these days. Just get a couple 500 gb 7200rpm drives > >>>>> to get started with. Finally, don't go for USB 2.0. make sure > >>>>> they are USB > >>>>> 3.0 if you can go that route with your mini. I use firewire > >>>>> drives a lot and that is usually my first recommendation unless > >>>>> you can spring for a thudnerbolt drive. > >>>>> > >>>>> Cameron. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On 12/8/12, Ramy Moustafa <moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> HI all: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I will buy a mac mini with 1 tb hard drive, Can I partition it, > >>>>>> and use for recording? Or it will be bad? > >>>>>> Thanks > >>>>>> Cheers: > >>>>>> Ramy Moustafa > >>>>>> If music be the food of love... play on. > >>>>>> Mobile: > >>>>>> 0020102221750 > >>>>>> Personal email: > >>>>>> ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com > >>>>>> Msn and aim messengers: > >>>>>> flutelo...@link.net > >>>>>> Studio email: > >>>>>> harmonystudio2...@gmail.com > >>>>>> facebook profile: > >>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/ > >>>>>> Twitter: > >>>>>> moustafa.r...@gmail.com > >>>>>> youtube chanael: > >>>>>> www.youtube.com/ramymoustafasaber > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > >
