View Full Version : Offloading suggestions/help needed! Shooting
jpeck
06-15-2009, 08:25 PM
I'm going to be heading on a road trip for 3 weeks and I will have a laptop with me for on location off loading, but I'm still trying to figure out the best setup to store all of the footage.
I'm thinking of some sort of hot swapping 3.5" HD setup. I will be shooting approx 4-6TB worth of footage during this trip (thats including backup) so I really can't seem to figure any other way.
Anyone have any suggestions or ideas?
Barry_Green
06-16-2009, 06:38 AM
We did 2.5 terabytes in Africa. Six external USB hard disks. Cost about $600 total at Best Buy. All six drives (Seagates) put together, take up not much more space than the HPX170's battery charger.
SantaCruzMichael
06-16-2009, 09:48 AM
Hey Barry,
I'm curious what kind of Seagate drives you used?
I am offloading to a MacBookPro with a DuelSystems adapter, so I don't have the option of an e-Sata adapter with the DuelSystems taking up that slot.
Those Seagates you used sound very compact, but I've been cautious of the really small drives. What model were they? USB2 or Firewire?
Also, if anyone has suggestions about powering an external drive with batteries, let me know. I am thinking about building a custom power supply, but WHY in the WORLD has noone produced a battery-powered external drive???!!!
Or maybe they have and I just haven't found it.....
Helicopter shoot tomorrow AM.
Woohoo!
Thanks all,
Michael
jpeck
06-16-2009, 11:03 AM
Thanks for the reply Barry. I'm probably going to go with 4 1TB Western Digital external drives. I'm not a fan of Seagate anymore after all of the HD problems they have been having over the past year+
Did you use 2.5" drives or 3.5"?
Thanks again.
Steve Eisen
06-16-2009, 05:32 PM
The smaller the drive, the more you will pay. Least expensive Firewire Bus powered HD is around $165 for 500 GB. That is a unit from Other World Computing.
Caldigit 1 TB VR Mini is about $650. G-Technology 1 tb G-Raid Mini $575.
If you have power, your money will get you a lot more storage.
You do not want USB hard drives for your MBPro. They are not bus powered.
i would stay the hell away from ANYTHING western digital. that OWC product mentioned above would be a far smarter purchase in my opinion.