I saw a review on one site that killed any idea of me purchasing Iomega. Not compatable with x64 and I still can't figure that out. How can something external know or care which OS or 32/64 it is, now a days? That was why I was looking more at the LaCie ones. I worked with a few of the USB 1.0 a couple of years ago and they worked well. They were not 24x7x365 but I did not expect them to be either. Ran a couple into the ground just for testing.
Jon On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Jeff Steward <[email protected]> wrote: > I am looking to buy an eSATA drive soon as well. I was looking at an > Iomega, but I'm still wary of them from ye olde Zip drive days. > > -Jeff > On Mar 23, 2011 9:56 PM, "Jon Harris" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks that is what I thought but need to confirm that. ESATA drives are > > not as common as I would have thought. Seagate and WD are not big players > > in the field companies like LaCie are and others. > > > > Have you played any with a LaCie ESATA drive? > > > > Jon > > > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:40 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > Has anyone booted from a USB 2 drive? Was it fast or slow as a snail? > >> > >> USB speeds vary quite a lot, depending on the type of drive (flash, > >> Winchester, etc.), speed of drive (especially with flash, not all > >> drives are created equal), speed of bridge chip (for hard disks), > >> speed of USB host controller, phase of the moon, etc. But even at the > >> best of times, it's going to be somewhat pokey. And the cheap stuff > >> is painful. > >> > >> > What about ESATA slow or fast boot times? > >> > >> ESATA is just SATA with a slightly tweaked connector. It's > >> functionally identical to having the drive inside the box. > >> > >> -- Ben > >> > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> > >> --- > >> To manage subscriptions click here: > >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > >> or send an email to [email protected] > >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > >> > >> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
