I am looking to get an external Hard drive. Firewire 800 is a must, and preferably 1 TB. The only one I've found is the Western Digital one. Thoughts?
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Best Firewire 800 External HDD?
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Go take a look at the drives offered by OWC- there are plenty of 1Tb+ drives in RAID and non-RAID types and offering FW800. http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/ I have a couple and they have been fine- and OWC has great customer support should you have a problem.
Also, 1Gb+ externals with FW800 are available from LaCie, Iomega and others as well.
Also, 1Gb+ externals with FW800 are available from LaCie, Iomega and others as well.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/
I bought two of these (500gb each) and couldn't be happier with them. FW800 is insanely fast
I bought two of these (500gb each) and couldn't be happier with them. FW800 is insanely fast
I prefer Lacie, but as the above posters mentioned, OWC is a great place to buy from.
Personally, the next drive I'm going for (after I got a new 160$ 1 TB USB drive for network backups from newegg) is a Drobo.
Check out the Drobo site, a co-worker just got one recently, and it's eons beyond the standard RAID setups and external drives.
Personally, the next drive I'm going for (after I got a new 160$ 1 TB USB drive for network backups from newegg) is a Drobo.
Check out the Drobo site, a co-worker just got one recently, and it's eons beyond the standard RAID setups and external drives.
I have one of these and love it:
http://www.g-technology.com/Products/G-DRIVEQ.cfm
Fast quiet and works great.
http://www.g-technology.com/Products/G-DRIVEQ.cfm
Fast quiet and works great.
Does anyone have the Western Digital Studio Edition I/II http://www.wdc.com/en/products/index.asp?Cat=8?
Both have Firewire 800, look the best (yes, we're all Mac users here so looks obviously mean something), but does anyone actually have it? Thoughts/opinions?
Both have Firewire 800, look the best (yes, we're all Mac users here so looks obviously mean something), but does anyone actually have it? Thoughts/opinions?
I have the Western Digital MyStudio II 1TB & I 500GB. Both connected via FW800. So i have my 1TB drive connected straight into my MBP and the 500GB connected to the 1TB via FW800.
Both have been great, not great straight out of the box (500GB) but after updating the firmware, it's sorted out a lot of issues, if not all. The 1TB has a RAID 0 configuration, which drives all my music, photos and videos. My 500GB backs up my MBP and my 1TB drive. Both are automatically formatted to be Mac friendly out of the box.
Both have been great, not great straight out of the box (500GB) but after updating the firmware, it's sorted out a lot of issues, if not all. The 1TB has a RAID 0 configuration, which drives all my music, photos and videos. My 500GB backs up my MBP and my 1TB drive. Both are automatically formatted to be Mac friendly out of the box.
Caldigit Firewire VR
Looks nice but over priced. All told, I paid close to $350 just for the enclosure so add the cost of drives as well.
It's built really well though. http://www.CalDigit.com/FireWireVR.asp
Given a choice, I would just get the WDC MyBook. Works great and just as fast.
Looks nice but over priced. All told, I paid close to $350 just for the enclosure so add the cost of drives as well.
It's built really well though. http://www.CalDigit.com/FireWireVR.asp
Given a choice, I would just get the WDC MyBook. Works great and just as fast.
Another vote for a G-Tech G-Drive. I have a 500 gb connected via FW 800 and love it. It looks great, matches my MBP, and is super quiet! Feels very sturdy and solid as well.
I think the drive enclosure from FirmTek is terrific if you want to go with eSATA. I am using a SeriTek 2EN2 that is a really a nice set up. I have four drives that I swap in and out on it. You can get an eSATA card very cheap these days.
Because it's so easy to swap drives I just switch out drives as I need. With this setup I have a backup drive of my Mac in a safe at work so if my house burns, the computer gets stolen or who knows what I can just copy it over.
http://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-2en2/
Stridder44 if your looking for ultra cheaps and you only need up to 1 TB and dont need RAID id suggest buying your own 1 TB SATA drive from Newegg like a Samsung Spinpoint (ultra quiet and cheap) and then buy an OWC FW800 external kit and put it together yourself.
1 TB hard drive $135 + FW800 enclosure $90 = $225
1 TB WD MyBook Studio Edition (w FW800) = $280
1 TB hard drive $135 + FW800 enclosure $90 = $225
1 TB WD MyBook Studio Edition (w FW800) = $280
I actually have an old enclosure right now
(it's PATA though). I have looked a little into doing what you suggest, but weighing my options first. One feature I REALLY like about the MyBook is it's fanless.
the OWC enclosure is fanless as well, its just a little longer becuase of the SATA->USB/FW and power board on the end, compared to the WD which is wider.
i dont think you can get 1 TB PATA drives AFAIK.
i dont think you can get 1 TB PATA drives AFAIK.