[P1] SOT: Firewire speed and external hard drives?

[Richard McKay]

Andrew,

I don't think that you should have any problems as the drive will be a slow
one anyway (compared to tech today). Jack makes a valid point that certain
models and brands may be better suited than others...The whole setup has no
doubt improved in the last year or two as experience was gained by the
manufacturers...FYI, it was an IBM Deskstar 60GB drive (7200 rpm,
manufactured Jul 01) that gave up the ghost on me first.

On a sad but learning note...

I can confirm that one can indeed have a flashing system folder on start-up
when the HD is defective...at least I managed to find something positive in
the whole ordeal...

Cheers,

Richard
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Jack Rodgers wrote:

> LaCie is selling Pocket Drives and the new D2 enclosures with no fans.
> 
> The problem with heat depends upon the drive specs. Some drives can run
> hot and others may not be able to.

in response to Andrew...
>> Not too worried about the Formac 60gig, that has a vigourous fan in
>> it, but I also have an old but neat SCSI enclosure which did house a
>> massive 120mb (sic) drive - it seemed massive attached to my (still
>> working) SE30. However, it now houses a 2 gig drive and has no fan.
>> Should I worry for this drive?
>