In this festive season, I have treated myself with a new USB 3 hard disk drive and I would like to write a little report in here.
I've been using 2 of Western Digital FW800/400 HDD (1TB and 2TB) for the past 3 years and I never had any problems with them but the disk has been filled up recently, so I've decided to purchase another HDD and use those 2 WD for backup purpose.
I don't want to go into too much details but you can see the differences in system usage meter below.
The left screenshot is my previous setup which: PC-Audio interface (FW400)-WD drive daisy chained. The disk usage reads 53%.
I changed the configuration slightly for the middle screenshot. WD drive is now connected directly to the PC's FW800. You can see that the disk usage is now reduced to 26%. I guess it's the full use of the bandwidth of FW800 instead of FW400.
The right screenshot is my new LACIE 3TB USB 3 HDD connected directly to one of my PC's USB 3 socket. The disk usage is 24%.
I was expecting a slightly better result compare to the one from FW800... Well, 2% more efficient.
The song is 24bit 48kHz, consists of around 60 Channels (audio tracks) including sub group bus and effect returns etc.
Those screenshots were taken at exactly same point where the song gets busy and most of the audio are playing.
One last thing, both of my WD HDD were 7200 RPM, my new LACIE is 5400 RPM. I have to say, I'm more than happy with 5400 RPM at the moment.
I used to own an Iomega JAZ drive back in 90', and 1GB cartridge used to cost £100 each. I am amazed to see how cheap HDD these days!
Thanks for looking!
YS Sound Production
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