From: Mark Stradling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: RealProducer / RealServer questions > These folks are planning on getting me whatever computer I want, and I > was wondering if there was any special kind of hardrive I should get > that would work best for video capture/editing/playback. I > know that it > should have the following features: > > 1) large storage capacity > 2) fast millisecond access time > 3) thermal re-calibration turned off (A/V drive) > > What's the name of that new kind of hardrive that writes to both the > inside and the outside of the platter at the same time? Whatever it's > called, I hear it works best for Audio & Video. Anyone know? I haven't tried this, but if you really want this thing to kick it, try looking at a machine with multiple SCSI hard drives linked together in a RAID array. If memory serves, this will give you the fastest write times of about anything. Mark Stradling
