Sing Howe Yam Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Hey everyone, I'm about to start a feature on the RED in Dec. and I'm wondering about external drives to store our footage. I would like to hear several recommendations as to what kind of drives we should get based on reliability, speed, and price. Also for anyone who shot a feature on the RED, how many drives did you have for the shoot? Let me know, Sing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory Hanrahan Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 The simple answer is to get RAIDs, which create a redundant copy of your data on a separate drive within the same enclosure. I've had very good luck with OWC (Other World Computing, macsales.com), as well as G-Tech. Do NOT buy LaCie drives. They perform very poorly, and in my experience die more often than other drives. Make sure there is ample redundancy -- at least 2 copies of the footage at separate locations, as well as a temp or shuttle drive (at least!). IIRC, the last Red feature I did utilized ~3TB for storage, but every show is different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chad Stockfleth Posted November 25, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted November 25, 2008 I'll second both Raids and OWC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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