RE: Re: Connecting lots of hard drives to a mac?!?!

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Real world transfer rate by firewire is about 28mbytes/sec which is about
twice what I was getting under Windows or Linux. Can fault those cases at
all (nor Specialtech themselves).

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Ward, David
> Sent: 11 April 2006 10:32
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Connecting lots of hard drives to a mac?!?!
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> Thanks Phil
>
> I see they are using the Oxford 911 chipset, so they should
> be reliable and quick
>
> Dave
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phil@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 11 April 2006 10:23
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Connecting lots of hard drives to a mac?!?!
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> No - they're from www.specialtech.co.uk ...
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> http://www.specialtech.co.uk/spshop/customer/product.php?produ
ctid=462&cat=9
> 4&page=1
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> Or:
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> http://tinyurl.com/a8tfn
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> Phil
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Ward, David
> > Sent: 11 April 2006 10:08
> > To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Connecting lots of hard drives to
> a mac?!?!
> >
> > Nice,  are those the Span firewire enclosures?
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Phil Harris [mailto:phil@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 11 April 2006 09:34
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Connecting lots of hard drives to
> a mac?!?!
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> >
> > OK - photo up on the photos area now (I remembered my login
> details).
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> > Phil
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> > > Behalf Of noel_pilot
> > > Sent: 11 April 2006 08:26
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Connecting lots of hard drives to a
mac?!?!
> > >
> > > Hmmmm might be interesting!! only slight issue is i guess
> i'll then
> > > need firewire caddies for every drive,
> > >
> > > or ...iirc can i get multiple drive caddies with just one
> firewire
> > > connection on!
> > >
> > > picture would be very helpful, guess you've just got them
all
> > > daisychained?
> > >
> > > cheers
> > >
> > > Noel
> > >
> > > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Phil Harris"
<phil@...> wrote:
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> > > >
> > > > > no specific mac hardware in mind, i'll consider
anything
> > > even second
> > > > > hand, for this number of drives i'd assume i'd
need
> > > somehting like a
> > > > > second hand powermac g4 the ones with the proper
cases
> > to fit the
> > > > > drives and some kind of expansion card that a mac
would
> > accept?!?
> > > >
> > > > I have the best part of 30 external drives attached to
> a lowly Mac
> > > Mini by
> > > > firewire and it's more than fast enough as a media
server...
> > > >
> > > > Phil
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