Comments on: Lesson Learned: What Hard Drive NOT to Buy

By: roy

roy — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:23:18 +0000

i daisychain 2 fw 800 drives at home. the only thing you have to remember is the chain is as fast as your slowest drive, so even if you hook a usb 2 drive to the end, it slows down your whole chain. they put that on there for the fw 800 because most laptops have at least 4 usb2s but only one fw800.

By: Benni

Benni — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:48:01 +0000

It's pretty common that firewire devices of whatever kind have two ports to be able to chain them. That way you don't need hubs like usb has them. Comes in handy for endusers – only one plug on your desk for all the drives ;-).

By: Chris Coyier

Chris Coyier — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:11:24 +0000

Yep, firewire. It is very very quiet. Much quieter even with 3 drives in it that my old GRAID was with 2 drives. I'm really digging it so far. I feel much safer.

By: Chris Coyier

Chris Coyier — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:56:08 +0000

I wondered myself about the two ports. I can't remember the link right now, but I did google something at one point and read it was for daisy chaining firewire devices. I have not tested this though. That could be pretty darn handy if you could use that extra port to connect another FireWire 800 device.

By: Michael_Hettich

Michael_Hettich — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:01:50 +0000

But why does it have two FW ports? Can you attach it to two computers at once or is this meant like some kind of dual channel interface?

The only thing that bugs me about the drobo is the relatively high price. Here in Germany it's about 500 Dollars + at least two SATA drives..

By: Michael_Hettich

Michael_Hettich — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:01:19 +0000

But why does it have two FW ports? Can you attach it to two computers at once or is this meant like some kind of dual channel interface?

The only thing that bugs me about the drobo is the relatively high price. Here in Germany it's about 500 Dollars + at least two SATA drives..

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:29:59 +0000

Hi Chris, just what I've been looking for (Drobo)!

Added to the shopping list!

Thanks

By: Michael_Hettich

Michael_Hettich — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:39:47 +0000

Hi Chris, how satisfied are you with your drobo? I am still thinking about buying one..

Isn't it very loud if you have a couple of drives in there? Did you get the firewire version?

By: Chris Coyier

Chris Coyier — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:54:48 +0000

I have a ton of data, and lots of huge files I work on regularly. The first backup alone is like 400GB and it goes fast from there. If I only had 750GB free, it'd be full in a matter of weeks. The way I have it set up now, I'm giving Time Machine 1TB and the rest is for me =)

By: Butch

Butch — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:04:44 +0000

I almost bought the same drive since it would be similar to my MacBook Pro. I ended up getting a WD Mybook Studio.

How fast did your Time Machine fill up your other drive? Ive been using my 500GB Mybook along with backing up my wife's iPhoto for months now with around 20% used.