I received a 1TB Rocpro 850 and it went immediately to work cloning both my office and Pro Tools MAC's system drives. I also made copies of my current Pro Tools session files on a separate partition. In total, this is about 800GB of data that the drive gobbled up in many hours of trouble-free, continuous operation. Once copied, I can use the included stylish shoulder bag to carry the drive and travel out of town or to another studio. I do this copying as an "insurance" policy against something awful happening on the home front while I'm gone.

Some other features to consider when you're shopping for a new desktop drive: the Rocpro drives use a state of the art enclosure design made from an aluminum alloy that maximizes heat dissipation; the drives come pre-formatted; they are only 5.8W x 8.7D x 1.6H inches big and can be stacked and "daisy-chained" for more storage space; they come with a FW 800 to 400 adapter cable plus cables for USB and eSATA connections; and Norton PC software.