Regarding lack of bus power.
Remember, there are 2 SSD devices inside. I don't think Thunderbolt's 10w is enough for 2xSSD + controller + 4k DP video regeneration.
Another clue is the heavy duty heat sinks visible in the LaCie video and photos. If the power needs were small, I think the design would be more simple. SSDs do get warm, even hot when continuously written to.
So, speedy performance comes at a price.
Also, can't have daisy-chain with bus powered devices, as device must still deliver 10watts to next device in the chain. Could be another bus powered device or optical cable downstream. Yeah optical cable doesn't need 10w, but does need some power.
I would agree but we got and still continue to get just that with FW400 and FW800.
I can daisy-chain three FW800 devices that are all bus powered and dual HDDs or SSDs (SSDs actually take less power). Those dual bay drives also had controllers in them as well as processors.
It's either a Thunderbolt problem or a LaCie problem. I am leaning toward TBolt because it's make the most sense to at least give us a fully bus powered drive.
p.s. as a side note, I'd like to mention that LaCie makes some good drives. Their power supplies have always been their weak point. I have three LaCie mobile drives from 7 years ago that have given me no problems. Still use them now even at 120GBs.
All of the 12 desktop drives I've owned have had power supply issues within two years, and now, the TBolt to eSATA adaptor I bought just had it's power supply crap out. I'd really like to see this drive bus powered, I'd hate to be on the move and have the PS conk out.
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