5400 vs 7200!
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siniarch
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Petelms,
its 4:30am in California and 7:30am in New York. I know some users are all over the world, but I think the majority are sleeping right now. I'm a little crazy being up right now so if you don't get quick replies is because of the time.
That being said, I don't believe you will see a difference in offloading time with 7200rpm vs 5400rpms. your bottleneck there will be the firewire 400 coming out of the camera. but if you are going to edit and want 2-3 streams playing at real time, then it will make the difference.
Of course you will need them to be firewire 800 or eSATA. I don't think there is much difference these days in the prices of 5400 and 7200.
I'd get the 7200 if I were you.
its 4:30am in California and 7:30am in New York. I know some users are all over the world, but I think the majority are sleeping right now. I'm a little crazy being up right now so if you don't get quick replies is because of the time.
That being said, I don't believe you will see a difference in offloading time with 7200rpm vs 5400rpms. your bottleneck there will be the firewire 400 coming out of the camera. but if you are going to edit and want 2-3 streams playing at real time, then it will make the difference.
Of course you will need them to be firewire 800 or eSATA. I don't think there is much difference these days in the prices of 5400 and 7200.
I'd get the 7200 if I were you.
petelms
Well-known member
Thanks, siniarch!
Hehehe, yeah, I knew that people are sleeping there.
Wakie, wakie! I just wished that some european or other saw my topic and answered....I have a free day today and have the time to go to the computer shop today...that's why I asked for the quick reply.
Thanks, I think I'm going with 7200...
Going to shop now....
Hehehe, yeah, I knew that people are sleeping there.
Wakie, wakie! I just wished that some european or other saw my topic and answered....I have a free day today and have the time to go to the computer shop today...that's why I asked for the quick reply.Thanks, I think I'm going with 7200...
Going to shop now....
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Seven minutes?
You wanted a response in 7 minutes?
Go with the 7200 rpm drive.
You wanted a response in 7 minutes?
Go with the 7200 rpm drive.
petelms
Well-known member
David S. said:
Are you serious? There's some kind of misunderstanding now...first I made the topic, then after 7 minutes I decided to add that I'm in a hurry (not that I thought that someone would reply in 7 minutes)...because I forgot to mention it in the first place...I should not have made a reply for my post...
So, relax!I bought 5400 rpm drive, 7200 rpm was almost two times more expensive and they didn't have it at the moment...
I was just kidding with you.
It's hard to convey that on the internet.
The 7200 rpm drive does transfer the footage, but only marginally faster. At twice the price, it isn't worth it.
Surprisingly, USA prices aren't so expensive.
It's hard to convey that on the internet.
The 7200 rpm drive does transfer the footage, but only marginally faster. At twice the price, it isn't worth it.
Surprisingly, USA prices aren't so expensive.
siniarch
Veteran
David,
I think Petelms got confused and created a new reply rather than modify his first post.
Petelms, you can modify your own post rather than create a new reply. You can even note it and make it a different color as this:
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and people will notice that it has been added later.
Wow, almost twice the price for 5400 over 7200. that sucks. I can't even find 5400 rpms any more.
I think Petelms got confused and created a new reply rather than modify his first post.
Petelms, you can modify your own post rather than create a new reply. You can even note it and make it a different color as this:
(edited or updated: insert text here...........)
and people will notice that it has been added later.
Wow, almost twice the price for 5400 over 7200. that sucks. I can't even find 5400 rpms any more.
Did anyone see Western Digital's new Scorpio 250GB 2.5" notebook drives? Those things just keep getting larger and larger (in capacity)! It wasn't long ago that 160GB was tops.
Unfortunately they are only 5400 RPM drives, but the increased data density means that they should still have very good throughput.
Unfortunately they are only 5400 RPM drives, but the increased data density means that they should still have very good throughput.
Steve Smull
Active member
WD, Hitachi and Samsung have all announced 250 Gb 2.5" SATA drives @5400 RPM. Some are actually already shipping for around $200. The high density brings some latency but quick seek times for a 5400 drive, early reports suggest as fast or faster than the previous generation 7200RPM drives that were smaller (Seagate, Hitachi 100 Gb)
Several interesting possibilities here. A 500 Gb RAID made from two of these might be plenty fast for editing multiple streams. (Lacie and G-RAID have 2 drive cases with FireWire 800, but not these drives yet).
Another prospect worth investigating is the WiebeTech case which offers eSata as well as FIREWIRE 800, this one only uses one drive; user insertable, all you need is a 2.5" SATA drive:
http://www.wiebetech.com/products/toughtech_mini.php
Of note, Hitachi has a new 200 Gb 7200 R.P.M. drive announced but not yet shipping. That's probably the best of the lot from a historically proven perspective- but the tests are not in yet on any of these things for reliability. If you search around there are preliminary geekfest reports for speed on some of them.
In any case with a laptop in the field, it's luxury days compared to even last year.
Several interesting possibilities here. A 500 Gb RAID made from two of these might be plenty fast for editing multiple streams. (Lacie and G-RAID have 2 drive cases with FireWire 800, but not these drives yet).
Another prospect worth investigating is the WiebeTech case which offers eSata as well as FIREWIRE 800, this one only uses one drive; user insertable, all you need is a 2.5" SATA drive:
http://www.wiebetech.com/products/toughtech_mini.php
Of note, Hitachi has a new 200 Gb 7200 R.P.M. drive announced but not yet shipping. That's probably the best of the lot from a historically proven perspective- but the tests are not in yet on any of these things for reliability. If you search around there are preliminary geekfest reports for speed on some of them.
In any case with a laptop in the field, it's luxury days compared to even last year.
Unless you use a fast connection (FW 800 or eSATA), the interface will wind up being the bottleneck when copying the files off the drive.
Neither USB 2.0 nor FW 400 can keep a 7200 RPM drive busy -- I'm sitting here copying ~60 GB off a 7200 RPM drive connected through FW 400 even as I write this.
Neither USB 2.0 nor FW 400 can keep a 7200 RPM drive busy -- I'm sitting here copying ~60 GB off a 7200 RPM drive connected through FW 400 even as I write this.