RE: [OT] (A little) : Firewire cables...

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > As WHS is designed to run multiple external drives (although
> > admittedly USB) you'd have thought there would be no issues?
>
> I've been running mine for months, now, with 2x320GB internal disks
and
> 4x500GB USB disks with no such problems whatsoever.
>
> Googling for "Windows Home Server" "delayed write
failure" only returns
> 9
> hits, so I wouldn't say it's a problem that's plaguing the WHS
> community.
>
> Steve

I know what you're saying Steve but at the moment WHS is still Beta /
Release Candidate ... once it's on general release to the great unwashed
(which is of course imminent) then lets see how many there are. ;-)

Remember that *IDEALLY* I want to use Firewire800 rather than USB for the
increased transfer rate too...

I've seen the postings in the internet as to the causes of the
"problem" and
I know for certain that it *ISN'T* down to an impending drive failure as
drives that I had the issue with under Windows on Firewire are still
working
perfectly under OSX on Firewire several years later.

Phil