best type of external hard drive for itunes library

Any external drive will work fine, with USB or Firewire. Firewire 800 is obviously faster, but not a requirement.

I've been very pleased with both of these, from Other World Computing (OWC):

OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro..........................OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro™

 

Whatever capacity suits your needs.

No, never.

 

What were the circumstances? I'm curious, because I've been using one for about 4 years, with zero problems.

 

Not to go off topic here but does anybody recommend a good NAS for my MBP OS X Lion with a Netgear Router.

 

I'm using a Seagate Goflex Home 2TB. Works fine but is a bit slow in spite of the Asus N router. Don't know whether it's the HDD issue or thats the normal for wireless. Nothing to compare with, though its much faster now since I switched from A Belkin G to a Asus N.

The HDD had issues in the forst few weeks, and this is the replacement unit that I am using now.

 

Are you storing video on it as well as music? If so I would go with the 2TB, I use a 2TB Firewire for my videos and a 1TB for music.
Just waiting for prices on a Thunderbolt Raid enclosure to drop down so I can store everything in one place and only 1 power plug instead of using 4 currently.

 

Synology, any recent model.

 

How much did it cost im willing to spend under $200. I just need 1 Terabyte. I was thinking of buying a Synology DS110j.

 

For the 2nd drive I listed, 6 of the 8 listed are 7200 rpm. For the other, it comes in 3 sizes of 7200 rpm. Drive performance isn't just a matter of rpms, but also drive density. Any of the drives listed would be more than sufficient for video projects, even the 5400 rpm drives.

 

Bought it in India for about 180 dollars, just before the Thailand floods. Must be cheaper in the US, but now prices would be higher all over.

 

Firewire 800 is 2-3 times faster than USB 2.0. To me, it's worth paying more. Only you can decide whether it's worth it to you.