Re: What interface to choose for a new hard drive
In article <1157555107.587485.326220@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Trueliar says...
I'm buying a 500 GB drive and want it to be a good investment that will
last a good time. My PC supports USB 2, Firewire 400, SATA 150, and
the regular EIDE. All my current drives are EIDE. But wonder if EIDE
is on its way out.
If I go for USB or Firewire, while it's good for back up and
convenience, is it somewhat slower than the internal drives?
How long are firewire and USB going to be around? Remember IDE has been
around for the thick end of a decade and a half so it's not going
anywhere soon.
Go for SATA2 if you want some futureproofing.
--
Conor
How about taking the safety labels off everything, and let the
stupidity-problem solve itself?
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Relevant Pages
- Re: External Backup Drives
... USB 2.0's theoretical maximum raw speed is 480 Mbps. ... second over Firewire 400, and I've heard of some drives and computers ... seeking will introduce significant delays (relative to the data transfer ...
(comp.sys.mac.portables) - Re: USB 2.0 vs FireWire?
... The machine in question has 8 internal SCSI drives, the 4 GB file resides on one of the drives. ... I don't have Windoze installed on a server, but I will test this on my other desktop box which has built-in as well as another FireWire card. ... I bought a USB 2.0/FireWire combo card and am running a few tests and to my great surprise, USB 2 is way faster than FireWire 400. ... He did notice that it is important to plug the second usb power header connector in or either interface could be much slower than expected. ...
(Fedora) - Re: External HD vs Portable HD
... Firewire 400 ... USB 2.0 is supported by all current models of Macs and Windows PCs. ... Firewire 400 is available on all Mac models from late 2000, ... drives, but not as much as Firewire, so some drives might not work ...
(comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage) - Re: USB 2.0 external hard drives
... similar Firewire 400 connected drive? ... It seems that the Mac's implementation of USB 2.0 has peak performance ... for transfers to/from hard drives which is significantly slower than ... external hard drives. ...
(comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc) - Re: Problem w/ Firewire External HDs [was Re: Problem unzipping files on external HD]
... I think the problem is more with the Firewire hw/sw on my computer than the hard drives per se, but I hope you can give me some ideas or point me to a more relevant group. ... The computer in question is a Gateway 503GR, two internal SATA HDs, DVD, CD drives, nothing else connected to the ports except a USB printer. ... Firewire, cable 1, rear port on computer. ...
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