10 Replies Latest reply: Aug 5, 2011 3:10 PM by ECBowen RSS

    eSATA for editing?

    Paul Lewis Community Member

      My computer:

      HPE 180t

      core i7 930@2.8ghz

      9gb ram

      1tb HDD

       

      What I do: I shoot footage on a 60d in 1080p 30fps, and create 1 minute commercials on PP cs5 and I use dynamic link to add motion graphics through AE.

       


      Right now I run everything on 1 HDD, i've got a backup drive on an eSATA port. I've got about 270 gigs left and have finished about 65 projects, I think I can fit around 100 on a drive including the OS and other files which ends up being about 1 years worth of projects.

       

      I really want my OS and software to be on it's own drive, and all of my project files on another. I've got another SATA port left in my case but I was wondering if eSATA would work just as well, because it would be much easier to change drives once one is full. I would just take the full drive out and store it and put in the new one for the next 100 or so projects.