1TB Extreme Triple Interface External Hard Drive

[Pitbull]

I Need !!!

1TB Extreme Triple Interface External Hard Drive, FireWire 800/4

Cant afford !!!

R 11k

Just saw it on Have2Have

I wish i could afford that.....MOTHER !!!!

 

[Pitbull]

Oops wrong section... Mods pls move if u have time

 

[ldmelsa]

Are you a video editor?

 

[Wisemansa]

I Need !!!

1TB Extreme Triple Interface External Hard Drive, FireWire 800/4

Cant afford !!!

R 11k

Just saw it on Have2Have

I wish i could afford that.....MOTHER !!!!

we all do

 

[Fudzy]

Just think how bummed you'll be if that thing crashes though. Who is it made by?

Helluva a price, you could get 4 x 250gb in enclosures for half that price.

Although saying you have 1TB does sound cool

 

[bwana]

Just think how bummed you'll be if that thing crashes though. Who is it made by?

Helluva a price, you could get 4 x 250gb in enclosures for half that price.

Although saying you have 1TB does sound cool

I'd sooner go for 2 of the 500gb ones. I've got 2 x 500 seagate enclosures for my media center and they're great. Only fw400 but that's more than enough for my needs.

 

[hj2k_x]

I'd sooner go for 2 of the 500gb ones. I've got 2 x 500 seagate enclosures for my media center and they're great. Only fw400 but that's more than enough for my needs.

How much did they set you back?

 

[bwana]

How much did they set you back?

Think they were r3500 a pop iirc. I also use them for backups so work footed the bill.

 

[hj2k_x]

Think they were r3500 a pop iirc. I also use them for backups so work footed the bill.

Hmmm, nice

 

[Fudzy]

I'd sooner go for 2 of the 500gb ones. I've got 2 x 500 seagate enclosures for my media center and they're great. Only fw400 but that's more than enough for my needs.

Well you have a lot more faith in hard-drives than I do

 

[bwana]

Well you have a lot more faith in hard-drives than I do

I know all hard-drives fail eventually but they didnt have smaller fw drives - the 300gb and below were usb2.

 

[hj2k_x]

What are the advantages of firewire compared to USB? I know mac loves fw...

 

[bwana]

What are the advantages of firewire compared to USB? I know mac loves fw...

USB2 might burst higher but fw400 has a higher sustained data transfer rate.

FW800 is much, much faster than USB2 or FW400.

 

[Fudzy]

How many firewire devices can you have connected at one time?

 

[bwana]

How many firewire devices can you have connected at one time?

63 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireWire#Technical_specifications

 

[Fudzy]

But none of the devices I've seen allow daisy chaining. Do you buy a firewire hub?

Also what motherboards support the higher firewire speeds?

 

[Fudzy]

Another interesting page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_device_bandwidths

 

[bwana]

But none of the devices I've seen allow daisy chaining. Do you buy a firewire hub?

Also what motherboards support the higher firewire speeds?

All of my firewire drives have two ports so I dont need/have a hub.

Not sure about motherboard support - all my mac's have it built in (even those with only USB1.1) and I bought a PC card for my PC.

 

[Fudzy]

No i've got Firewire, its just rated at 400. I want to know what motherboards/MAC out there have the higher bandwidth firewire ports.

 

[Fudzy]

What macs do you have?