What does daisy-chaining do?

[superspiffy]

What does daisy-chaining two hard drives do for you? I know you can connect two external drives via firewire, and connect one of them to the computer, so what's the advantage of daisy-chaining rather than hooking up both drives to the computer directly?

 

[BigPrince]

You can still have ports open to plug in other devices directly to your computer.

 

[miloblithe]

That and it hooks you into that groovy, free-lovin' sixties feeling.

 

[Schroedinger]

And don't forget the funny looks you get from the non-techies when you say "daisy chain"

 

[nateDEEZY]

And don't forget the funny looks you get from the non-techies when you say "daisy chain"

Lol, for the a while I always wondered why there were two ports on the back of the drives.. until i found out a few weeks ago

 

[djstarrock]

Daisy chain has alot of meanings Wiki