...it only connects via USB 2.0, a maximum of 20-22MB/second transfer rate. While I wouldn't be so rude as to call that "slow", it is several orders of magnitude slower than other transfer methods, e.g., FireWire 400 or 800 or SATA. If/when they ever release a FW or SATA version, I'll be first in line to buy one.
In the meantime, yeah, I'm highly discouraged that there has not yet been a software RAID 5 solution for the Mac. I'd thought SoftRaid would have done so long ago, but, as of today, their Website still says "We do not have anything to announce yet." regarding RAID 5.
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...it only connects via USB 2.0, a maximum of 20-22MB/second transfer rate. While I wouldn't be so rude as to call that "slow", it is several orders of magnitude slower than other transfer methods, e.g., FireWire 400 or 800 or SATA. If/when they ever release a FW or SATA version, I'll be first in line to buy one.In the meantime, yeah, I'm highly discouraged that there has not yet been a software RAID 5 solution for the Mac. I'd thought SoftRaid would have done so long ago, but, as of today, their Website still says "We do not have anything to announce yet." regarding RAID 5.
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Tuesday, July 17 2007 @ 11:41 AM PDT