I have this nifty 2.5" FW800 case that is a pretty unique. Very solid enclosure, and it doesn't require a power supply.
I have a Hitachi 5400rpm 100gb 2.5" UltraATA/100 drive in there. Just curious -- is the drive the bottleneck or is it the FW800 that's the culprit? Meaning, if I were to obtain a full 3.5" powered drive over FW800, would that be any faster? I know FW800 transfers at 800Mbps which theoretically should amount to 100MB/s given limited CPU taxation.
Recent benchmarks of the Travelstar 7K200 @ 7200rpm yield maximum transfer rates of ~70mb, minimum of around ~40mb. This is arguably the fastest 2.5" hard drive, indicating to me, that FW800 is not the bottleneck and that my current 100GB drive is the bottleneck.
Agree?
I have a Hitachi 5400rpm 100gb 2.5" UltraATA/100 drive in there. Just curious -- is the drive the bottleneck or is it the FW800 that's the culprit? Meaning, if I were to obtain a full 3.5" powered drive over FW800, would that be any faster? I know FW800 transfers at 800Mbps which theoretically should amount to 100MB/s given limited CPU taxation.
Recent benchmarks of the Travelstar 7K200 @ 7200rpm yield maximum transfer rates of ~70mb, minimum of around ~40mb. This is arguably the fastest 2.5" hard drive, indicating to me, that FW800 is not the bottleneck and that my current 100GB drive is the bottleneck.
Agree?