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OWC conversation transcript...is this true?

Kaliber35

Kaliber35

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Sep 15, 2008
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As you read you will see what I was after. Can someone confirm this as being true?

Erick: Do you have an external FW800 that will turn on when connected via wireless? Basically, I want to have it on all the time but have it power down after a period of inactivity. Then, once I request to connect to it wirelessly (via airport), it will turn on. Have I confused you? lol

You are now speaking with Ben Priest of Pre-Sales 8AM-10PM CST.

Ben Priest: hi
Ben Priest: the ministack V3
Ben Priest: when it detects power down the fw800 line it would power up
Ben Priest: what would it connect to

Erick: Hi Ben! I was just looking at that one too! Great! You do understand it will be 100% wireless, right?

Ben Priest: is the question

Erick: I would have it connected to my Airport Extreme at all times. I will connect to it via the Finder

Erick: But Id rather not get on/off the couch to connect/disconnect to it. lol

Ben Priest: the airport extream send power to the hard drives all the time no way for it to spin down a hard drive sorry thats a known issue

Erick: oh, ok.
Erick: Ok, being this is a known issue I guess I cannot have what Im wanting at this time.
Erick: Thanks though! Im still going to order another Elite this week.

Ben Priest: ya lots of people hit the apple boards with that issue of drives not spinning down
Ben Priest: good

Erick: Ill go after the apple boards and whine there...lol
Erick: thanks....peace!

Ben Priest: night
 
You do realize that the your can't use FW800 wirelessly, don't you? Only USB can connect to the Airport Extreme.

Most all drives, including the one he was talking about, will sleep the hard drive after a period of inactivity. However, I don't know if that is the computer or the drive doing that and if it is the computer I am unsure if the Airport Extreme will exhibit the same behavior.
 
yippy said:
You do realize that the your can't use FW800 wirelessly, don't you? Only USB can connect to the Airport Extreme.

Most all drives, including the one he was talking about, will sleep the hard drive after a period of inactivity. However, I don't know if that is the computer or the drive doing that and if it is the computer I am unsure if the Airport Extreme will exhibit the same behavior.
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I have a MyBook and it spins down, it never powers down, but it'll spin down connected via USB to my AEBS.
 
Yes, I know FW800 is not possible. I got confused...

Fine, I guess it's not possible. Maybe they will address this issue in the next update.

Thanks guys...
 
Okay let's put it this way, you can connect the ministack to the Airport Express via the USB port and then connect your FW800 drives to the ministack. The drives will be detected and they will function like USB drives, can be shared, and most importantly, they will spin down when needed.
 
alphaod said:
Okay let's put it this way, you can connect the ministack to the Airport Express via the USB port and then connect your FW800 drives to the ministack. The drives will be detected and they will function like USB drives, can be shared, and most importantly, they will spin down when needed.
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What? I thought there was no link between the firewire and USB interfaces on the MiniStacks. If there is, this is the first time I have heard of this capability on anything.
 
As long as your a ways off from the drives Estimated MTBF you should be good just leaving the disk spinning. Is there a reason you want to spin it down?
 
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