Storcase External Drives, In search of a second opinion Options

[Uncle Kvetch]

I'm in the process of setting up a rudimentary home recording arrangement, starting with a Presonus Firebox (for bass, guitar & vocals), an M-Audio Keystation 61es, and a new Intel-iMac, on which I'll be running GarageBand and, hopefully, eventually, Logic Express.

I bought the keyboard & the Firebox at Guitar Center, where I was told that

1) I should preferably run Garageband/Logic/whatever off an external hard drive, NOT the internal one; and

2) the best choice for said drive, by far, is a Storcase "Rhino JR" FJR110 (a.k.a. "Maxx-250"?). A 250GB Firewire drive runs about $270. "The only external drive we sell," I was told.

As far as (1) is concerned: does this mean to actually install the software on the external drive, or just use it as the place where files are stored?

As for (2): I don't want to mess around with an inferior product; my Maxtor 160 GB drive just nearly died on me and I don't want to go through that again.

I can't find a single reference to Storcase drives on this forum, or any other devoted to the subject. Can anyone back up--or refute--what I was told by the guy at GC?

Thanks!

[Uncle Kvetch]

Thanks for all the advice.

So, it sounds like I want to run GarageBand &/or Logic off the internal drive, but store my actual music files on the external drive, yes?

Based on this thread, and the other one that lepetitmartien pointed me too, and numerous reviews out there on the web, I think I'm going to go with the OWC Mercury Elite-AL. A 250 GB triple interface model is $219.99. Never would have even known about it, were it not for the good folks here. Thanks again!