Specifications

Appendix A: Connecting SCSI Drives 65
appendix a
Connecting SCSI Drives
SCSI hard drives are the recommended record-
ing media for Pro Tools|HD systems on Win-
dows, and can also be used with Pro Tools on
the Mac.
Although Pro Tools will let you record to your
system drive, this is generally not recom-
mended. Performance for recording and play-
back on system drives is sometimes worse than
on non-system drives, resulting in lower track
counts and fewer plug-ins.
For the most current information on hard drive
requirements and recommendations, see the
Digidesign website (www.digidesign.com).
SCSI Requirements
Digidesign recommends qualified SCSI hard
drives and a qualified SCSI host bus adapter
(HBA) card or (on Windows systems) a qualified
built-in SCSI HBA connector on the mother-
board.
For a list of qualified SCSI hard drives and SCSI
HBA cards, see the Digidesign website
(www.digidesign.com).
Be aware that recording to your system
drive can quickly use up available hard
drive space. This can negatively affect
system stability and the performance of
all applications including Pro Tools.
Software RAID is not supported for audio
drives.