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VP-8059 FireWire 1394 Smart Docking kit
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lookbeat (Astral Axis)
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Posted : Mar 15, 2005 22:56
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Hello dudez
Im thinking to buy an external hard disk to use with samples and backups.. and I see a cheap solution.. the question is anyone has experienced some bad performance issues or incompatibilities with firewire audio interfaces?
the product is:
http://www.vipower.com/product/SmartFamily/Smart_Dock/vp_8059/vp_8059.htm
with an maxtor 200 gb hard disk 7500 rpm
thanks
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Posted : Mar 16, 2005 20:20
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Looks like a very functional product. Swappable drive bay which pulls out into an external drive...nice.
I've had fairly good performance with a straight up Maxtor external USB/Firewire hardrive. Used it to stream tracks with traktor...so it wasn't exactly intensive, but I'll run a sustained read/write transfer test & let you know the results....
Incidentally, the USB/Firewire controller is also a key element in performance. Issues have known to crop up with incompatibilities, or poor performance. A reputable hardware company would issue a firmware fix, so checking their history of support might also be worth while.
 Keep The Faith,
Christian K. |
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Posted : Mar 18, 2005 01:48
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I used a util called diskbench for read/write tests of sustained transfer rates, which is what matters (not burst/peak).
My maxtor personal storage 120GB 7200RPM drive yielded these results (in MB/Sec)
USB connection: Read= 15.14 Write=19.98
Firewire: Read=30 Write= 26.99
quite a difference with the same drive
My 7200 RPM IDE drive was:
Read= 34.86 Write=22.44
My 7200 RPM SATA drive was:
Read= 52.01 Write=53.71
Max sustained of any drive I believe is around 55 or 60 MB/sec. Unfortunately, drive specs, manufacturer, drivers, motherboard, & interface all effect these #'s. I recall reading a test with laptop drives, & two drives from different comnaies with the same specs yielded a difference of over 10 MB/sec.
Anything reading over 20MB/sec will probably be fast enough for streaming many tracks at once.
Some good info here: http://www.digitalprosound.com/Htm/TechStuff/June/SCSIvs-P5_DBM.htm
DiskBench available here: http://www.prorec.com/prorec/downloads.nsf/filename/A1BABB1A8929148B862565D30064E895
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Christian K. |
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