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On Oct 7, 2007, at 11:14 PM, I wrote:

> I for one would not use anything larger than 250 GB for real time
> audio. Guess I'd rather put a 750 GB one for system or backups, and
> 250 GB ones for real time work... Just my $0.02.

...And here's why:

On Sep 14, 2007, at 11:26 PM, Sascha Franck wrote regarding a test  
performed by a German magazine:
>
> their SATA comparison, two Seagate Barracudas with 250GB capacity  
> made it
> to the first two places (I actually don't even know the differences  
> between
> the two, the one ranking first has the model number ST3250410AS).  
> They seem
> to be truly quiet as well.
> Their IDE drives are ranking quite high, too.
>
> Fwiw, this test seemed to reveal that larger drives (anything  
> larger than
> 250GB) wouldn't be that fast anymore, the transfer rate numbers are  
> really
> going down for anything larger (the only real exception was again a  
> Seagate
> Barracuda 750GB, but that one is IDE).
>
> Now, I am not sure how well all these tests relate to real world  
> useage, I
> also don't know whether the results would be identical on Macs  
> (they tested
> on PCs), but to me it seems that if you want truly fast drives,  
> SATA ones
> with up to 250GB storage space are the way to go.
>
> Regards
> Sascha