Now, I know this is probably a dumb question but I can't seem to get a clear answer when it comes to video editing and formatting drives.

We currently have 3 suites setup for video editing and up until the other day, they have all been PC.  We have swapped out 2 rooms to Mac and next year we'll be switching the 3rd suite to Mac.  My question is, what should I be reformatting my drives to? Extended OS or Extended OS (Journaled)?  We'll also be working in HD now so I dont' know if that affects it and does it matter if the drives are internal or external when picking a format?

I thought I had heard that video editing wasn't as smooth when using a Journaled drive but when I look on the net, everytime I read someone's posts they say their drives are journaled so I'm not sure.  We're using Seagate Barracuda 1TB drives.  Each suite will have at least 4 of them in there.

Also, another question I have to ask is, because I'll still be working on a PC while the other editors on MAC, does having Mac Extended or Journaled affect it at all?  I have macdrive so I'll be able to read & write to the but I don't know if one's better than the other.

Any help would be great.

Thanks in advance.

I usually format my media drives in HFS+, not in the journaled mode. The journaled mode is only recommended for a System drive because it tracks the modifications of some files.

I have my drives formatted HFS+ with an GUID partition table.

No problems so far.

Journaling is really just a method of protecting a drive from long startup times after a forced shutdown.  When journaling is turned on on a storage volume, the server automatically tracks file system operations and maintains a continuous record of these transactions in a separate file, called a journal. The operating system can use the journal to return the file system to a known, consistent state after a failure. This eliminates the need to perform a consistency check on the entire file system during startup. Instead, when the server is restarted, Mac OS X simply replays recent transactions in the journal, bringing the system up-to-date and resuming operations that were interrupted during the failure. With a journaled file system, server restart takes just a few seconds, regardless of the number of files, or the size of the volume.

I have always run with my drive not journaled and have rarely seen any ill effects from doing so.

Thanks for the posts guys.  Looks like I'll be going NON journaled judging by your guys thoughts. 

Thanks for the help.