hi - which of these two options would be overall faster:
5400rpm drive connected with thunderbolt
http://store.apple.com/nz/product/H...le-hard-drive-with-thunderbolt-cable?fnode=5f
7200rpm drive connected with usb3
http://store.apple.com/nz/product/H...b-3-external-hard-drive-7200-rpm?fnode=5f&p=1
I'm using the drive to house sql databases for use under windows 7 (bootcamp) to give you an idea of transfer usage. *** The Buffalo drive does say that "Windows OS systems only supported using USB connection", but I'm not sure if that extends to Win7 under bootcamp? thanks
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i.e. is my bottleneck going to be the rotating disc speed, or the connection pipe? thx
5400rpm drive connected with thunderbolt
http://store.apple.com/nz/product/H...le-hard-drive-with-thunderbolt-cable?fnode=5f
7200rpm drive connected with usb3
http://store.apple.com/nz/product/H...b-3-external-hard-drive-7200-rpm?fnode=5f&p=1
I'm using the drive to house sql databases for use under windows 7 (bootcamp) to give you an idea of transfer usage. *** The Buffalo drive does say that "Windows OS systems only supported using USB connection", but I'm not sure if that extends to Win7 under bootcamp? thanks
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i.e. is my bottleneck going to be the rotating disc speed, or the connection pipe? thx
