[DM-MUG] External Harddrives

[Bryan Baker]

Order of speed:

eSATA (I think, but you'd need a card I believe)
FW800
Gigabit Ethernet (technically it tops out higher than FW800 but  
you'll need a gigabit hub/switch, and there's other traffic there).
FW400
USB2 which is technically 480mb/sec, but has overhead problems and  
cannot sustain throughput like FW400
100mb Ethernet (or gigabit w/ a 100mb switch)
USB1.1 (or USB2 if you have a USB1.1 hub)

I believe this is about the order I'd go for a storage device, though  
depending on it's role, maybe want to move the network based tech's  
lower - you'll get better throughput w/o other network traffic  
getting in the way.

please correct me if I'm wrong anyone, but I believe this is the order.


On Jun 20, 2007, at 5:20 PM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:
> so do I want ethernet or FW or USB or airport/wireless??  Which is  
> faster/better??
>
>>> http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=10882
>>> LaCie Ethernet Big Disk
>>> Gigabit Ethernet & Hi-Speed USB 2.0
>>>
>>> http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=10869
>>> LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Drive eSATA interface
>>>
>>> http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=10848
>>> LaCie Two Big eSATA & USB
>>> 2-Disk RAID
>>> 1TB
>
> so
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