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Hi,

Don't know if this answers your questions, but here's what Sascha  
Franck wrote on the subject back in September (the tests mentioned  
here were performed by a German magazine):

<<In 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.>>

Based on this I for one would get at least 1 250 GB drive for  
recording...

HTH,

Andy

On Jan 19, 2008, at 11:55 PM, Graf Zahl wrote:
>
> hi!
>
> ok, i've ordered my new mac pro and now i need 4 new hd's
> i've figured ou 2 different combinations with 2 different hd's:
>
> either 2x250gb (system&record) + 2x500gb (smaples&libraries)
> or all 4x500gb
>
> here are the models:
>
> 250GB = Seagate ST3250410AS
> data transfer read/write 104mb/s	
> access write 10ms / read 8.5ms
>
> 500GB = Samsung HD501LJ
> data transfer read/write 64mb/s	
> access write 14ms / read 7ms
>
> now i'm asking me if the 500gb samsung isn't fast enough?
> on one site can't have enough disc space today, but on the other  
> site you
> can't ignore the speed.......
>
> and what info is more decisive and for what?
> the data transfer (which is much more on the seagate) for recording  
> and
> system, and the access time (which i thing is not so dramatically  
> different)
> for the libraries and sample for th exs f.e.?
> or vice versa?
> or entirely different?
>
> i'm very confused and uncertain, but i have to order tomorrow cause
> otherwise i'm sitting here with no working system.....
>
> thx alot and best regards
>
> peter
>
> p.s. has anyone experiences with the actual 24" mointors from
> dell,samsung,lg,iilyama?