Firewire and Raid, have them both and double the speed ??

[We Live For The One We Die For The One]

Or it don't work that way ??

Thanks.

 

[Roger Hamlett]

Or it don't work that way ??

Thanks.

They are completely seperate technologies. One is a generic 'name' for using
multiple drives as if they were a single unit, which can (according to how
you arrange the drives), provide data redundancy, increased speed, reduced
speed, increased latency, decreased latency etc. etc., according to the
configuration used. The other is a simple 'connection' system to allow data
to be moved from a device to the PC (and vice versa). There is nothing at
all to stop you having a RAID array, and connecting it to a host PC using
firewire, or using firewire interfaced drives, and running these in a RAID
array. However in general if you want the 'ultimate' performance, on most
PC's it'll be the internal PCI bus that is now the bottleneck now. On server
systems, and fast workstations wanting massive throughput, it is common to
use a RAID array with it's own intelligence, and connect this to the PC
using fibre-channel (fibre optic link with more speed than firewire), using
a card on a 64bit/66MHz PCI slot...
Some modern drives, are locally able to axceed the speed of Firewire, so if
multiple drives were connected using a Firewire interface, this would become
the bottleneck.

Best Wishes

 

[Ben Pope]

Or it don't work that way ??

What are you talking about?

Ben

 

[Philip Callan]

What are you talking about?

Ben

I think he wants to know if he can connect 2 external drives via
FireWire and run them in a RAID mode??


To the original OP:

Uhmm, AFAIK, *no* but YMMV, see below.

You may find a external RAID controller/tower that has a seperate card
and PSU/drives that connects via a firewire or USB2.0 and acts as a
single unit, but I think it would be pretty expensive.