"There’s an optional FireWire 800/USB 2.0 dock available using Seagate’s standard GoFlex connector."
If USB3.0 itself is backwards compatible with USB2.0 why bother offering a dock with USB2.0 ports? Perhaps cost, but if you are spending extra for a dock, I'd think you'd want more features rather than take a step back.
If you have a computer with Firewire 400 and USB 2.0 ports, try doing backups across both interfaces. Firewire was nearly twice as fast on 3 different motherboards I tried.
I'm hoping USB 3.0 fixed the latency/streaming issue, but I'd bet Firewire 800 is still faster for backups or large media...
Wondering if its easy to crack/unscrew this enclosure and just throw it away, and use the drive internally, or there's some reason (like drive thickness, non-standard SATA interface connector or something) that wouldn't be easy to do...
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davepermen - Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - link
You're welcome in my Windows Home Server :)ltcommanderdata - Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - link
"There’s an optional FireWire 800/USB 2.0 dock available using Seagate’s standard GoFlex connector."If USB3.0 itself is backwards compatible with USB2.0 why bother offering a dock with USB2.0 ports? Perhaps cost, but if you are spending extra for a dock, I'd think you'd want more features rather than take a step back.
JCheng - Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - link
It's a FireWire 800 dock that also has USB 2.0 ports as a bonus.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...
quiksilvr - Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - link
Why would you use a Firewire 800 port when the USB 3.0 port is roughly 5 times faster?kenyee - Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - link
If you have a computer with Firewire 400 and USB 2.0 ports, try doing backups across both interfaces. Firewire was nearly twice as fast on 3 different motherboards I tried.I'm hoping USB 3.0 fixed the latency/streaming issue, but I'd bet Firewire 800 is still faster for backups or large media...
mcturkey - Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - link
Not crazy about a big drive like that only having a 2 year warranty... wonder what the MTBF rating is.Nihility - Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - link
Hitachi already announced 1 TB platters and has a 4 TB / 4 platter drive being shipped in their G-Technology external RAID array.http://forums.storagereview.com/index.php/topic/30...
melgross - Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - link
Here's another story about this from Computerworld. It's a bit more helpful.http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219790/Sea...
Fanfoot - Monday, December 12, 2011 - link
Wondering if its easy to crack/unscrew this enclosure and just throw it away, and use the drive internally, or there's some reason (like drive thickness, non-standard SATA interface connector or something) that wouldn't be easy to do...tyciol - Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - link
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/external...I have no idea what they mean by 64mb buffer. The site lists the buffer as 32mb.
Did they downgrade the model and increase the price?