[X4U] Firewire HDs daisy-chained

[Michael Winter]

On Feb 10, 2006, at 4:09 PM, Randy B.Singer wrote:

> 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.

OTOH, that's where that FW800 we were talking about a while back  
would be useful.

Which brings up another question I've always had about FW transfers.  
Theoretically, each FW device is a peer, so once a copy operation has  
been initiated, it seems like the data should flow only from one  
drive to the other if they're on the same bus, without having to pass  
through the computer (that's supposedly one of the advantages over  
USB). But if I'm understanding correctly, that's not what's actually  
happening, is it?

-Mike