Excellent point, but if your drives don't have Firewire ports it's kinda moot. Since some of the drives you want to use are USB you'll need a different angle.
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:21 AM, David Harker <[email protected]> wrote: > Jon, > very-well presented case for using FW as opposed to USB. > > On 9/27/09, Jonathan Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote: >> Bill, forget about the USB. You'll just bog the port down. FireWire, OTOH, >> works great daisy-chained. It was designed that way; that's why the double >> ports on all FW peripherals. I routinely daisy chain FW drives and they work >> great. I sometimes have up to 4 drives on one chain with no problem. >> Theoretically, FW is supposed to be able to handle up to 100 devices on one >> bus, although I've never tested that. >> >> USB uses your processor for everything it does and can really bog down the >> more devices you have. FireWire barely needs a processor to communicate >> between devices. >> >> Way better than USB. It's used in high-performance military aircraft (F22, >> F35 and some of the systems on the space shuttle) for device >> interconnection. >> >> It was invented by Apple. >> >> Of course. >> >> j. >> >> >> >> On Sep 27, 2009, at 10:16 PM, Bill Micou <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> > Interesting- >> > Three of the four have the USB port, in addition to the 2 firewire ports. >> I may experiment with those into a hub to see how it acts. >> > I thought it would be ok to connect them all, but wanted to check with >> more experienced users. >> > >> > Thanks again, >> > Bill M >> > >> > On Sep 27, 2009, at 10:04 PM, Robert Kersting wrote: >> > >> > >> > > I know you can daisy chain the Firewire drives but I'm not sure about >> > > the USB. FYI, should you ever need it, I'm pretty sure you can do >> > > this with about 50 Firewire drives, maybe more. >> > > >> > > Or you can add a USB hub pretty cheaply for all four or just the USB >> drives. >> > > >> > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Bill Micou <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > >> > > > I have 4 different external hard drives. I have used them for backups/ >> extra >> > > > space/ storing data temporarily/ etc..., but now I want to organize >> and use >> > > > them more effectively. I can plug them into my MacBook Pro one at a >> time, >> > > > but I was wondering if I can plug each one into the other, and then >> into the >> > > > Mac. They are each a different brand, but each has two firewire >> ports. Can >> > > > I daisy-chain all 4 together and end in the Mac? Is 4 too many? Will >> 2 work >> > > > together? >> > > > >> > > > Thanks, >> > > > Bill Micou >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Jonathan Fletcher >> FileMaker 9 & 10 Certified Developer >> ****NEW Ph no: 502-509-7137**** >> >> Project Foreman >> NewMedia Construction Co. >> [email protected] >> >> Instigator >> The BB&J Network >> The "Go-To Guys" for >> FileMaker Development in Louisville >> www.thebbandj.net >> >> FileMaker Louisville Blog: >> http://filemakerlouisville.posterous.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
