PPA
Firewire 400 Features
Capacity
80/160/250/320/500/750 gig
Speed
400Mb/sec (IEEE 1394/iLink)
FireWire
Hot pluggable, daisy chain up to 63 devices.
Technology
7,200 rpm, ATA/100 Seagate* drives with 8-16MB cache
*(80gig 8meg cache drive - Western Digital)
Sleek Design
The small, durable, polycarbonate case runs quietly without
a fan, is portable, and easy to use anywhere.
Applications
Great for direct audio recording, backing-up, storing, and
exchanging A/V, graphics, prepress, desktop publishing,
and other files.
Technical Specifications:
| Capacity |
80GB, 160GB, 250GB,
320GB, 500GB, 750GB |
| Interface |
FireWire (IEEE-1394a) |
| Bridge chip |
Oxford 911 |
| Rotational speed |
7,200 rpm |
| Average seek
time (read) |
8.2 msec |
| Max externaltransfer rate |
400 Mb/sec |
| Sustained transfer
rate |
Data Transfer Rate: IEEE
1394a: Up to 400Mb/sec |
| Buffer size |
8-16MB |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) |
1.5"x5"x9" |
| Weight |
3.2 lbs. |
| Power supply |
Universal auto switching
100-240V, 50/60 Hz. |
| Approvals |
UL, CSA, TUV, CE |
| Warranty |
1 year |
| Compatibility |
Mac OS 9.2.2/10.x, Windows
98SE/2000/Me/XP (specify at order) |
| Includes |
FireWire cable, external
power supply and feet |
Real Life Audio Tests
The following tests were conducted with a PPA Firewire 400
drive, Mac G5 dual 2gig with 1 gig of ram. Test sessions
were created with edits every 500ms and were run on a Pro
Tools HD2 (non accel) system with one 192I/O
Session 1; playback 48k 24 bit (edit density
of 2 edits per second) Protools Max playback capacity =
128 tracks Total tracks able to playback = 128
Session 2; playback 96k 24 bit (edit density
of 2 edits per second) Protools Max playback capacity =
64 tracks Total tracks able to playback = 64
