I'm trying to find a cost effective drive for a Thunderbolt (Raid) enclosure. I will be using them as separate drives and duplicating the drive myself as it lines up better with my needs and workflow.
I am going to be using the follow enclosure: Akitio Thunder2 Duo Pro
But what drives should I get to populate this enclosure? I'm wanting 2x 4TB drives but could go to 2x 2TB drives in a pinch in terms of cost.
I want the best bang for the buck. I know I won't be reaching 400MB/s+ since I won't put them in a raid but I'd like to be able to edit 1080 60p footage on these drives. I do work with 4K footage but often use proxies anyway to deal with realtime playback when editing.
It seems that the Toshiba P300 (3TB max in this model) is the best bang for the buck at $89 per. Which seems incredibly cheap. I was looking at the X300 but it doesn't benchmark as well and is more money also.
TLDR: I need a fast 2TB-4TB drive without breaking the bank--where are the diminishing returns, what is the plateau where I should just get the cheaper option instead of 10MB/s more for the cost.
I am going to be using the follow enclosure: Akitio Thunder2 Duo Pro
But what drives should I get to populate this enclosure? I'm wanting 2x 4TB drives but could go to 2x 2TB drives in a pinch in terms of cost.
I want the best bang for the buck. I know I won't be reaching 400MB/s+ since I won't put them in a raid but I'd like to be able to edit 1080 60p footage on these drives. I do work with 4K footage but often use proxies anyway to deal with realtime playback when editing.
It seems that the Toshiba P300 (3TB max in this model) is the best bang for the buck at $89 per. Which seems incredibly cheap. I was looking at the X300 but it doesn't benchmark as well and is more money also.
TLDR: I need a fast 2TB-4TB drive without breaking the bank--where are the diminishing returns, what is the plateau where I should just get the cheaper option instead of 10MB/s more for the cost.
The only times I can write at full speed is when transcoding video, otherwise the rendering process is too slow to max the drives unless you have a heck of a system.
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