Best external HDD solution for a 2008 Mac Pro?

[Gomff]

Hi All
Can someone tell me what the fastest option is (excluding SSD's) for an external Hard drive for my 2008 machine? I'm thinking about as a drive for booting from into OS X and running Applications from since I may be in a situation where I need to work away from home but on a virtually identical machine.

Is there much better than a 7200 RPM external hooked up via Firewire? Would fitting a SATA card make a big difference?

No idea about this stuff!

Thanks in advance.

[philipma1957]

well the fastest way would be esata sans digital makes a unit that has its own power and a usb2 and a esata connection. drop in a caviar black and it would be the fastest low cost solution. here are some links


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816111110&cm_re=sans_digital_towerstor-_-16-111-110-_-Product


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533&cm_re=caviar_black_1tb-_-22-136-533-_-Product

now you need an esata jack for the mp's




http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/MPQXES2/


this is just an extension cord so you need the right mp for it to work




http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/macpro_2009_esata/

here is an install video for a 2009 mp

[Gomff]

Great info, thanks a lot!

In the UK so had to track down the bits here but seems fairly straight forward.

Thanks again.