SH73 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Just curious how you ladies and gents save your work? What external hard drives you use? e.g. ssd or hdd? Research suggests that ssd is faster but more fragile than hdd. Hdd is easier to retrieve when it brakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcgiver69 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 If you're intentions are for backup then HDD now if you want an external drive to keep resources like samples and loops that you may want to use in your mixes then SSD is the way forward. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 It depends on how much data you need to store. HDD's are a lot cheaper per Gig but SSD's are a lot faster. If you need a huge amount of storage then HDD, if you need a fast drive go with SSD. If you want a comprise between the two buy a hybrid drive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 If this is the drive that you are recording your audio files to, you will ideally want to connect it to your computer by some other method than USB. If you must use USB make sure it's on a bus without too many other peripherals. And remember that if your computer is a laptop many of those USB peripherals will be built in like the keyboard, trackpad, web cam, WIFI, Bluetooth etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 5 hours ago, BigRedX said: If this is the drive that you are recording your audio files to, you will ideally want to connect it to your computer by some other method than USB. If you must use USB make sure it's on a bus without too many other peripherals. And remember that if your computer is a laptop many of those USB peripherals will be built in like the keyboard, trackpad, web cam, WIFI, Bluetooth etc... I'm using a laptop. is there other way to connect an eternal hard drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 2 hours ago, SH73 said: I'm using a laptop. is there other way to connect an eternal hard drive? What is your laptop and what ports does it have other than USB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 I'm running four hard drives in total. I thought I would add my set up as an example of attempting to keep a resilient back up and save a bit of money* at the same time. *which didn't really happen ha ha! My Mac has an internal SSD. Everything I need daily or at speed is on the SSD. That would include all my recording software and current projects I am working on. I have an archive drive attached via USB3 (The USB3 bit doesn't really matter as USB3 is way faster than a standard spindle HDD anyway). This drive is where things get moved to when I don't need it quickly. It's not a "forget about" drive. I then have a 'Time Machine' HDD also connected via USB and that automatically backs up both the SSD and the archive drive. Finally, one more drive, again non-SSD (at the moment) uses the Carbon Copy application to do a nightly clone of the internal SSD. What this means is that should the SSD fail, I can actually still boot my Mac from the cloned HDD. (I would do this rather than rebuild from the Time Machine back up if I was in a rush). Yes it will boot more slowly, but it will save my backside in the short term, as I need my machine for work every day. Then as a belt and braces approach I I have cloud space where I sync some data for access across all of my work machines. Maybe a bit more detailed than some, but just some thoughts on a possible option for others. The USB drives don't need to be fast for what they do. They aren't expected to be streaming video or anything like that, but I have chosen 7200RPM drives over 5200RPM. The SSD is mind blowingly fast at around 2300MB/s which is just crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 11 hours ago, BigRedX said: What is your laptop and what ports does it have other than USB? 3xUSB 1XHDMI 1xHG DUO 1XSD 1xSATA 1 In the photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 18 hours ago, Dood said: I'm running four hard drives in total. I thought I would add my set up as an example of attempting to keep a resilient back up and save a bit of money* at the same time. *which didn't really happen ha ha! My Mac has an internal SSD. Everything I need daily or at speed is on the SSD. That would include all my recording software and current projects I am working on. I have an archive drive attached via USB3 (The USB3 bit doesn't really matter as USB3 is way faster than a standard spindle HDD anyway). This drive is where things get moved to when I don't need it quickly. It's not a "forget about" drive. I then have a 'Time Machine' HDD also connected via USB and that automatically backs up both the SSD and the archive drive. Finally, one more drive, again non-SSD (at the moment) uses the Carbon Copy application to do a nightly clone of the internal SSD. What this means is that should the SSD fail, I can actually still boot my Mac from the cloned HDD. (I would do this rather than rebuild from the Time Machine back up if I was in a rush). Yes it will boot more slowly, but it will save my backside in the short term, as I need my machine for work every day. Then as a belt and braces approach I I have cloud space where I sync some data for access across all of my work machines. Maybe a bit more detailed than some, but just some thoughts on a possible option for others. The USB drives don't need to be fast for what they do. They aren't expected to be streaming video or anything like that, but I have chosen 7200RPM drives over 5200RPM. The SSD is mind blowingly fast at around 2300MB/s which is just crazy! You're definitely backed up. Should I stick to operate my DAW and stuff I need for recording from internal SSD and back up my work on HDD. I use laptop with SSD Samsung evo 250gb. I'm thinking connecting also 1xSSD and 1xHDD. SSD for fast access and HDD for archiving and back up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I don't have massive files so I back up to various free cloud storage, Google Drive, Google Play, one drive, places like that, and every time you open up a new email address with google you get 15Gb of storage, this is just personal stuff like Documents, music, photos and video files Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 On 13/03/2019 at 08:49, PaulWarning said: I don't have massive files so I back up to various free cloud storage, Google Drive, Google Play, one drive, places like that, and every time you open up a new email address with google you get 15Gb of storage, this is just personal stuff like Documents, music, photos and video files I'm a bit dubious saving personal stuff on free cloud storage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJE Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I have used external drives daily for saving graphic design files and I use HDD drives for long term storage and backups, but my day to day 1TB drive is a Samsung SSD and it is so quick and reliable compared to the various HDD drives I used to use daily but corrupted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 On 12/03/2019 at 20:05, SH73 said: 3xUSB 1XHDMI 1xHG DUO 1XSD 1xSATA 1 In the photo Mac OS has a very handy utility that will show which devices are on which USB bus. If there is something similar in Widows I suggest you use it to find which USB ports are attached to which USB bus, and use the port(s) which aren't being shared by other devices. Otherwise use SATA for your external hard drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 On 12/03/2019 at 05:50, SH73 said: I'm using a laptop. is there other way to connect an eternal hard drive? You're really taking this future-proofing seriously, aren't you? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.