[X4U] Firewire HDs daisy-chained

[Randy B.Singer]

Dorothy Hennings said:

>Why not, Randy?  I have an iMac (original flat panel ) with sometimes  
>2 or 3 LaCie firewire daisy -chained.


Because you are using the same bus for moving your data into and out of 
both hard drives.   Just as it is more efficient to use a four-lane 
highway instead of a two-lane highway, it is more efficient to have more 
than one FireWire bus.





Randy B. Singer
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